Chennai: Amid the rising tension between the Tamilnadu and the Karnataka governments over the Mekedatu dam project, an all-party delegation from Tamilnadu will leave for New Delhi today and meet Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat over the matter tomorrow.
The delegation will also seek permission to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Tamilnadu government invited the 13 legislature parties, including DMK, AIADMK, Congress, BJP, PMK, MDMK, CPI, CPM, VCK, KNMDK, MMK, TVK and PB, to represent the delegation.
Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan will lead the delegation of all legislature parties.
The team is expected to hand over to the Union Minister a copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting of all legislature parties held in Chennai on 12 July.
The all-party meeting that took place on Monday passed three resolutions condemning the Karnataka government’s move and urged the Centre not to give clearances by any of its ministries to the multi-crore project.
No construction should be made in Mekedatu without the approval of the lower riparian states as per the Supreme Court order, it said. It resolved to present the resolutions to the Union government reflecting the sentiments of the people against the project.