Periyar River: Difference between revisions

The source of the Periyar lies high in the [[Western Ghats]].<ref name="hinduperiyar">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/folio/fo0107/01070460.htm|title=Periyar: A confluence of cultures|year=2001|publisher= The Hindu |pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref><ref name="frontlineperiyar">{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2826/stories/20111230282612200.htm|title=Heightened tensions|year=2011|publisher= Frontline |pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref> It is variously claimed to be located in Kerala and in the neighbouring state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The state of Kerala has asserted during the hearings on the Mullaperiyar issue in the [[Supreme Court of India]] that the Periyar originates in Kerala, flows entirely through Kerala and joins the sea in the Kerala.<ref name="NIEmullaperiyar">{{cite web| url = http://newindianexpress.com/nation/Mullaperiyar-Kerala-contests-TNs-rights-over-river/2013/08/14/article1733626.ece |title=Mullaperiyar: Kerala contests TN's rights over river|year=2013|publisher= The New Indian Express |pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014 |location=India}}</ref><ref name="experteyes2">{{cite web |url=http://expert-eyes.org/mullaperiyar/EC_Report/chapters/index.html|title=Report of the Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court on Mullaperiyar Dam|publisher=|pages=60|accessdate=9 November 2013}}</ref> This has also been admitted by the state of Tamil Nadu in the court.<ref name="Timesmullaperiyar"/><ref name="Janamtvmullaperiyar"/><ref name="MOmullaperiyar">{{cite web| url=http://mymanorama.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/eweek.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&channelId=-1073865028&contentId=14945915&catId=-206121&BV_ID=@@@|title=Final legal arguments submitted by Kerala |year=2013|publisher= manoramaonline.com|pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref> The source of the river lies in the remote forests of the [[Periyar Tiger Reserve]].<ref name="KerTourismPTR">{{cite web| url=http://www.keralatourism.org/periyar/periyar-tiger-reserve.php|title=Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary/Periyar Tiger Reserve |year=|publisher= keralatourism.org|pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref><ref name="PTR">{{cite web| url=http://www.periyartigerreserve.org/home.php|title=Periyar Tiger Reserve -> Values of P.T.R. -> Catchment Value|year=|publisher= Periyar Tiger Reserve|pages=|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref> Various sources indicate the origin of the river to be Chokkampatti Mala,<ref name="shodhganga"/><ref name="KFRI2">{{cite web|url= http://docs.kfri.res.in/KFRI-RR/KFRI-RR150.pdf |title=STUDIES ON THE FLORA OF PERIYAR TIGER RESERV| year=1998|publisher=Kerala Forest Research Institute|pages=8|accessdate=3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref><ref name="Botanyproceddings">{{cite web|url= http://www.nsscollegemanjeri.in/Documents/BotanyPROCEEDINGS%20FINAL%2003%20June%202013%20Standard.pdf |title=Proceedings, Western Ghats - Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation|year=2013|publisher=DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, NSS COLLEGE, MANJERI, MALAPPURAM, KERALA |pages=19–24|accessdate= 3 March 2014|location=India}}</ref> a peak on the southern boundary of the Periyar Tiger Reserve.<ref name="PeriyarTRnotification">{{cite web |url=http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/images/notifications/pryrtgrrsrventfcon.pdf |title=Periyar Tiger Reserve Notification|publisher= GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, FORESTS & WILDLIFE(F) DEPARTMENT|accessdate=2014-03-03|location=India }}</ref>

 

 

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