 In December, the Government of Kerala declared the Silent Valley area, excluding the hydroelectric project area, as a national park.In 1982, a multidisciplinary committee with Prof. M. G. K. Menon as chairman and Madhav Gadgil, Dilip K. Biswas and others as members, was created to decide if the hydroelectric project was feasible without any significant ecological damage.Early in 1983, Prof. Menon's Committee submitted its report.