An urgent relook into Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement is imperative against the backdrop of reduced rainfall and consequent environmental damage, according to experts. The existing PAP agreement was signed on May 29, 1970, with retrospective effect from October 9, 1958, and does not have a validity period. Westward flowSpeakers pointed out that before the implementation of PAP, entire yield from the respective tributaries of Periyar and Chalakudy River used to flow westward. Residents of Chittur taluk in Palakkad under the aegis of the Taluk Congress Committee blocking a road at Chittur on Thursday in protest against Tamil Nadu denying Kerala its legitimate share of water from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP). Most of the yield from the catchments of Chittur River (tributary of Bharathapuzha) in Tamil Nadu, also used to flow into Kerala.
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