 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 Mullaiperiyar 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.