Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday reiterated Tamil Nadu’s opposition to the Karnataka’s government’s proposal to build a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reject the Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared by the neighbouring State.
In a letter to Mr. Modi, Mr. Palaniswami sought his personal intervention in the matter and urged him to “instruct the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the Central Water Commission (CWC) to reject outright and return the DPR of the Mekedatu project submitted by Karnataka.”