New Generation’s Magazine

December 2011

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New Generation’s Magazine December 2011|Page 2

Contents

02 Introduction Introduction

03 Letters

04 What’s on December?

Word of the Month

Upcoming Events

05 Mullaperiyar: Endangered Dam

07 Christmas

08 Movie

09 Cooking Recipe

10 Advertisement

Editor

Sanal Ullas

Design

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Saw the info about your

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Letters

Sabitha Roshna

Jasmi Alnaf, Kollam

Arun, Kottayam

Raveendran Nair, Valappad

NB: The letter to editor also included

Wish u all the best for the great success of this new generation magazine!!!!!!!!

I like the magazine’s Cover page. Best wishes.

Saw the website.

We are waiting for the December Magazine.

Word of the Month

Chandelier : A branched,

decorative lighting fixture that

holds a number of bulbs or candles

and is suspended from a ceiling.

What’s on December ?

1 World Aids Day

10 Human Rights Day

25 Christmas

UAE

14 - 23 December 2011 Sharjah Water Festival

1 November 2011- 3 March 2012 Global Village

at Global Village, Dubai

India

16 December 2011 India IT Summit 2011

at Vivanta by Taj, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

1 December 2011 - 15 January 2012 Grand Kerala Shopping Festival

at Cochin, Kerala

December 2011|Page 4

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December 2011|Page 5

Mullaperiyar: Endangered Dam

Mullaperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River. It is located on the Cardamom

Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, South India. It was constructed

between 1887 and 1895 by the British Government to divert water eastwards to Madras Presidency

area (the present-day Tamil Nadu). The dam and the river are owned by and located in Kerala but the

dam is controlled and operated under a period lease by neighboring Tamil Nadu state.

The Mullaperiyar Dam is a gravity dam made with lime stone and surkhi (a mixture of crushed

brick, sugar and quicklime). Gravity dams use their weight and the force of gravity to support the

reservoir and remain stable. , in 1882, the construction of the dam was approved and Major John

Pennycuick placed in charge to prepare a revised project and estimate which was approved in 1884

by his superiors

On 29 October 1886, a lease indenture for 999 years was made between the Maharaja of

Travancore, Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma and the Bitish Secretary of State for India for Periyar

Irrigation Works. The lease agreement was signed by Dewan of Travancore V Ram Iyengar and State

Secretary of Madras State J C Hannington. This lease was made after 24 years negotiation between

the Maharaja and the British. The lease indenture granted full right, power and liberty the Secretary of

State for India to construct make and carry out on the leased land and to use exclusively when

constructed, made and carried out, all such irrigation works and other works ancillary thereto to. The

agreement gave 8000 acres of land for the reservoir and another 100 acres to construct the dam. The

tax for each acre was 5 per year. The lease provided the British the rights over "all the waters" of the

Mullaperiyar and its catchment basin, for an annual rent of 40,000.

In 1947, after Indian Independance, the lease agreement expired. After several failed attempts

to renew the agreement in 1958, 1960, and 1969, the agreement was renewed in 1970 when C

Achutha Menon was Kerala Chief Minister. According to the renewed agreement, the tax per acre was

increased to 30, and for the electricity generated in Lower Camp using Mullaperiyar water, the

charge was 12 per kiloWatt per hour. Tamil Nadu uses the water and the land, and the Tamil Nadu

government has been paying to the Kerala government for the past 50 years 2.5 lakhs as tax per year

for the whole land and 7.5 lakhs per year as surcharge for the total amount of electricity generated.

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After the 1979 Morvi Dam failure which killed up to 25,000 people safety concerns of the aging

Mullaperiyar dam's and alleged leaks and cracks in the structure were raised by Kerala Government. A

State agency, Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram, had reported that the

structure would not withstand an earthquake above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale. The dam was

also inspected by the Chairman, CWC (Central Water Commission). On the orders of the CWC, the

Tamil Nadu government lowered the storage level from 142.2 feet to 136 feet, conducted safety

repairs and strengthened the dam.. Strengthening measures adopted by Tamil Nadu PWD from 1979

onwards include cable anchoring of the dam's structure and RCC backing for the front slope. According

Government of Kerala, “mistakes in the strengthening works carried out by Tamil Nadu" in 1979

damaged the masonry of the dam. Seepage and leaks from the dam have caused concern.

Moreover, the dam is situated in a seismically active zone. An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the

Richter scale occurred on June 7, 1988 with maximum damage in Nedumkandam and Kallar (within 20

kms of the dam). Consequently several earthquake tremors have occurred in the area in recent times.

These could be reservoir-induced seismicity, requiring further studies according to experts.. CESS, IIT

Roorkee and IISc have reported that the dam cannot withstand earthquakes above 6 point on the

Richter scale.

Kerala has pointed out the unfairness in the 1886 lease agreement and has challenged the

validity of this agreement. However safety concerns posed by the 116 year old dam to the safety of

the people of Kerala in the event of a dam collapse have been the focus of disputes from 2009

onward. Kerala's proposal for decommissioning the dam and construction of a new dam has been

challenged by Tamilnadu. Kerala did not object giving water to Tamil Nadu. Their main cause of

objection is the dam safety as it is as old as 110 years. Increasing the level would add more pressure to

be handled by already leaking dam.

Kerala enacted the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006 to ensure

safety of all 'endangered' dams in the State. The Act empowers Kerala Dam Safety Authority

(Authority specified in the Act) to oversee safety of dams in the State and sec 62(e) empowers the

Authority to direct the custodian (of a dam) "to suspend the functioning of any dam, to decommission

any dam or restrict the functioning of any dam if public safety or threat to human life or property, so

require". The Authority can conduct periodical inspection of any dam listed in the schedule.

In pursuance of Kerala's dam safety law declaring Mullaperiyar dam as an endangered dam, in

September 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India granted

environmental clearance to Kerala for conducting survey for new dam downstream. Tamil Nadu

approached Supreme Court for a stay order against the clearance; however, the plea was rejected.

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Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated

generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world.

Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving and the hanging of Christmas stockings,

Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal and

various deserts, and the display of various decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights,

garlands and wreaths, mistletoe, nativity scenes, Advent calendars and candles, and holly. In addition,

several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known variously as Santa Claus, Father

Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Kris Kringle, among other names, are associated with bringing gifts to

children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.

Christmas Day is celebrated as a major festival and public holiday in countries around the world,

including many whose populations are mostly non-Christian. In other countries, secular processions or

parades featuring Santa Claus and other seasonal figures are often held. Family reunions and the

exchange of gifts are a widespread feature of the season. Gift giving takes place on Christmas Day in

most countries. Others practice gift giving on December 6, Saint Nicholas Day

Christmas was the actual date on which Jesus was born. The practice of putting up special

decorations at Christmas has a long history. The heart-shaped leaves of ivy were said to symbolize the

coming to earth of Jesus, while holly was seen as protection against pagans and witches, its thorns and

red berries held to represent the Crown of Thorns worn by Jesus at the crucifixion and the blood he

shed.

The traditional colors of Christmas are green and red. White, silver and gold are also popular.

Red symbolizes the blood of Jesus, which was shed in his crucifixion, while green symbolizes eternal life,

and in particular the evergreen tree, which does not lose its leaves in the winter. Christmas trees may be

decorated with lights and ornaments. Along with a Christmas tree, the interior of a home may be

decorated with these plants, along with garlands and evergreen foliage. The display of Christmas villages

has also become a tradition in many homes during this season. The outside of houses may be decorated

with lights and sometimes with illuminated sleighs, snowmen, and other Christmas figures. Other

traditional decorations include bells, Candles, candy canes, stockings, wreaths, and angels. Both the

displaying of wreaths and candles in each window are a more traditional Christmas display. The

concentric assortments of leaves, usually from an evergreen, make up Christmas wreaths and are

designed to prepare Christians for the Advent season. Candles in each window are meant to

demonstrate the fact that Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the ultimate light of the world.

December 2011|Page 8

New Movie Releases in December

Starring: Starring: Starring:

Jamie Bell Jeremy Irvine Tom Cruise

Daniel Craig Emily Watson Jeremy Renner

Andy Serkis David TheWlis Simon Pegg

Director: Director: Director:

Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Brad Bird

Happy Birthday

12 - 12 - 2011

Wishing you many many happy returns of the Day.

Sai Kishen

Sanoj & Shilpa

December 2011|Page 9

Cooking Recipe

SPECIAL CHANA MASALA

INGREDIENTS Chana 400 gm

Tomato 1 Big

Onion 1 Big

Green Chilly 3 Nos

Turmeric Powder ¼ Tea spoon

Chilly Powder 3 Tea spoon

Coriander Powder 6 Tea spoon

Mustard Seeds 1/4 Tea spoon

Garlic 5 Nos

Salt as needed

Oil as needed

How to make:

Soak chana in the water for 8 hrs. Pressure cook it with little water and salt. Heat a drop of oil in a pan. Put coriander powder, chilli powder, garam masala and turmeric powder and fry for one minute. Take some cooked chana and grind it with fried items. Heat a drop of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add onion and fry. Add remaining cooked chana and pour some water. Add the tomato. Add the ground mix and close the lid and allow it to boil. (a nice combination for dosa, puttu, chapathi, roti, naan)

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Birth day wishes

20 December 2011

Happy Birth Day “Unni Kuttan”

Dad & Mom Photo

20 December 2011

Happy wedding anniversary

to Mohanettan & veenechi Photo

With love Sumithra

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