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NEW DELHI/KOCHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday stepped in to bring the warring states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala together to defuse the Mullaperiyar dam crisis and their officials are expected to meet to thrash out a solution.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy met the Prime Minister seeking his intervention for an early solution, a day after the confrontation between the two neighbouring states escalated. AIADMK MPs also met Singh and sought his intervention.
"The central government has taken a concrete approach. Prime Minister has stepped in. Centre has accepted Kerala's demand that it should intervene to find an early solution to the Mullaperiyar Dam issue," Chandy said. "The prime minister has intervened. Discussion between the two states on the issue will take place at the central level," he added. Chandy said he met the water resources minister Pavan Kumar Bansal on the directions of the prime minister.
