The Mullaperiyar Dam row continues to linger with Tamil Nadu government attempting to pacify Kerala public through newspaper advertisements. . Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa through the advertisement reiterated her appeal that the dam is safe and that Kerala public should not fall prey to divisive forces.The advertisement also claims that human settlement in the area is much above flood water of Mullaperiyar and that the Idukki dam has been designed to absorb and moderate floods upto 40,000 cusecs