Mekedatu Row: Tamil Nadu CM Vijay Likely to Meet PM Modi on 16 November
The reported meeting follows Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar’s call on the Prime Minister seeking clearance for the Cauvery dam.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday, 16 November, to set out the state’s objections to the Mekedatu dam, the Tamil daily Dinamani reported.
Karnataka’s push
The report follows a meeting in which Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar called on the Prime Minister and sought the necessary clearance for the proposed dam across the Cauvery. Shivakumar has said the project will benefit Tamil Nadu as well and that no one can stop it from being built.
Tamil Nadu’s stand
Tamil Nadu has consistently opposed Karnataka’s plan to build the dam at Mekedatu. According to Dinamani, Vijay will travel to Delhi and explain to the Prime Minister how the project would hurt Tamil Nadu. The paper attributed the meeting plan to reports; it did not quote an official schedule.
Featured image: Kaveri in mekedatu by Sonamj28, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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