Chennai: An all-party delegation from Tamilnadu will meet Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi later today to oppose any proposal by Karnataka to construct a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu.
The delegation is also planning to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. The team will handover to Shekhawat copies of resolutions passed during a meeting of representatives from legislature parties in Tamilnadu last Monday.
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 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.