Kerala nominates Ashutosh Dash on Mullaperiyar dam panel
Dash is a former Chief Engineer and a former Special Secretary to the Odisha government, Kerala Water Resources Department sources said. The NDSA was informed about the State’s nomination last week, they said.The NDSA, in line with the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, 2021, had created the IPoE comprising five members for carrying out the Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluation of the Mullaperiyar dam on January 6.While the removal of Kerala’s nominee T.K.
- ▪Dash is a former Chief Engineer and a former Special Secretary to the Odisha government, Kerala Water Resources Department sources said.
- ▪The NDSA was informed about the State’s nomination last week, they said.The NDSA, in line with the provisions of the Dam Safety Act, 2021, had created the IPoE comprising five members for carrying out the Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluation
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Kerala has nominated Ashutosh Dash, former Chief Engineer, Odisha, as its nominee on the Independent Panel of Experts (IPoE) on the Mullaperiyar dam.Following Kerala’s protests in June over what it termed the “unilateral” decision of the National Dam safety Authority (NDSA) to remove its nominee from the panel, the NDSA had apparently written to the State to nominate an expert to represent it on June 25.Mr. Dash is a former Chief Engineer and a former Special Secretary to the Odisha government, Kerala Water Resources Department sources said.
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