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A day after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Irrigation portfolio, reportedly said his State was keen on building a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, Tamil Nadu Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on Wednesday reiterated that Tamil Nadu would oppose the proposal at all levels.
Mr. Duraimurugan said the proposal for a dam at Mekedatu, in the uncontrolled intermediate catchment, “would affect Tamil Nadu” and was “not welcome”. Expressing confidence that he would be able to meet the Karnataka Minister soon, he said the issue could be discussed in detail at the meeting. He hoped Mr. Shivakumar would be patient till then.
Mr. Duraimurugan said he was surprised that Mr. Shivakumar chose to ruffle Tamil Nadu’s feathers days after he was sworn in as a Minister.
He said officials may not have given the new Minister complete information on the proposal.
His remarks came in response to media reports on Mr. Shivakumar’s statement that Karnataka was keen on a dam at Mekedatu and ₹1,000 crore had been allocated for the project.
AMMK founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran demanded that the DMK government take legal steps against Karnataka’s proposal. Stating that Mr. Duraimurugan’s condemnation of Karnataka’s plan was not enough, he sought the Chief Minister’s intervention.
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