The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution unanimously urging the Centre to rescind the permission granted to Karnataka for a detailed project report on Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Drinking Water Project – proposed across the Cauvery in Karnataka’s Ramanagaram district with its tail in Tamil Nadu.
Following a brief discussion, a specially convened session of the assembly passed the resolution moved by Chief Minister K Palaniswami. It called on the Union Ministry of Water Resources “to immediately order the Central Water Commission (CWC) to withdraw the permission given to Karnataka for preparing the DPR.”