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Troubled Waters An overflowing dam that waters three districts in Tamil Nadu is threatening to wash away four districts of its neighbour Kerala
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In the southern parts of the country, nothing raises passions
across the states as water. The four southern states have had
periodic skirmishes with one another over water-sharing. As incessant
and unseasonal rains continue to lash Kerala, tempers are rising in
the state and in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Reason: the rains have
pushed the water level in the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala's Idukki
district to record levels. Last week, the storage level in the dam's
reservoir touched 138.5 ft spre...
