Survey proceedings for the proposed dam across the Kadamanthodu River, a tributary of the Kabani, at Pulpally in Wayanad, is under way even as local residents and environmental organisations have raised concern over the project.
The project envisages utilising a small portion of water awarded to the State by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal around 16 years ago. Though the district is contributing nearly 100 to 120 tmcft of water to the Cauvery every year, successive governments have failed to execute a single project to utilise the water.
Though the tribunal had awarded 30 tmcft of water to the State from the three river basins such as Kabani (21 tmcft) in Wayanad, Bhavani (6 tmcft) in Attappady, Palakkad, and Pambar (3 tmcft) in Idukki around 16 years ago, no projects have materialised.
