TN minister flags concerns over Mekedatu dam project in meeting with Centre
Tamil Nadu Water Resource Minister Durai Murugan met Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi Tuesday and handed over a representation regarding the Karnataka government’s decision to build a reservoir across the Cauvery river in Mekadatu as well as other inter-state water disputes.
The meeting took place a couple of days after TN Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to his Karnataka counterpart BS Yediyurappa asking him not to pursue the project across Cauvery as it would jeopardize the availability of water to people of TN.
“While the withdrawal of water from the river for drinking water usage in Bengaluru Metropolitan city has been permitted by the Honorable Court,
