Mull a Priya dam issue is between two south Indian states, that is between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It was 116 years ago; the dam was built on the Priya River to restore the water. The dam totally belongs to the state of Kerala but if it was given on lease to the Tamil Nadu on 29th October 1886 for 999 years. The disputed state that is Tamil Nadu totally depends on the water of Priya River in fulfilling its needs in agriculture and basic needs, therefore they are asking to raise the water level of the dam. In this dispute Kerala is not opposing to give more water but if it opposes to provide more water to Tamil Nadu because there is a threat to 119 years old dam by raising the water level to higher extent. The dam is also declared as endangered construction and any further addition into the water pressure may result in collapse of the dam, which may take life of many people from the state of Kerala as well as Tamil Nadu. This is a very big issue that is still going on in the Supreme Court, for which Supreme Court has appointed Justice A.S. Anand to look into the matter and to do the investigation as well as to recommend government on its judgment. The latest judgment issued by the government was that the government did not entertain the claim of government of Tamil Nadu as to raise the level of the dam to 136ft. But if it also did not entertain the desire of Kerala government that is to decrease the level of the dams and maintain it at 120ft.
The scope of the article shall be limited to brief study of interstate water dispute in context with Mull a Priya dam and to provide a mechanism for the settlement of interstate water dispute. The object of the article is to analyze The condition of the people of Tamil Nadu as well as Kerala and the problems faced by them.
In making and caring all irrigation works, the agreement gave, 8000 acres of land for the reservoir and another 100 acres to construct the dam. Because India is a federal democracy, and because the rivers cross state boundaries, constructing efficient and equitable mechanisms for allocating river flows has long been an important legal and constitutional issue. Numerous interstate river water disputes have erupted since independence, and one of those is Mull a Priya Dam issue. The Mull a Priya Dam is on the River Malaya and its tributary, the Priya, in the state of Kerala. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by the British Government to divert the water eastward to service the farmers in the Madras presidency, which nowadays known as Tamil Nadu. Earlier it was known as Priya Dam as it was basically meant to be the dam of Priya River. The present name of this dam is derived from portmanteau of Malaya River and Priya River, so together it is called as Mall Priya Dam. The Mull a Priya Dam is located 881 m which means 2,890 ft above mean sea level on the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Nikki District of Kerala. Its height is 53.6 m, (176ft) and length 365.7 m, (1,200ft). There is also a National park which is known as the Priya National Park in Thready located around the reservoir of dam.
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