NEW DELHI: A feasibility study will be held over building new dam in Mullaperiyar. The approval for the study was given by Union Ministry of Forest and Environment. A new dam has been a long-expected dream of Kerala. Kerala will now examine the feasibility of building 55.22 metre high dam.

As Kerala has got the permission from the Union ministry, it can prepare a report on the proposed new dam and submit to Centre. The Centre will give the permission for the construction of the dam on the basis of this report.

Meanwhile, Kerala may need the permission of Tamil Nadu to construct the new dam. Moreover, Kerala will also have to identify about 50 hectare forest land for building the new dam.

However earlier, the Centre had denied permission two times to build the new dam.