NO TALKS WITH KARNATAKA ON MEKEDATU: TN

CHENNAI: A Tamil Nadu minister on Monday told the Karnataka government that a discussion on the Mekedatu dam project was not possible as the matter was sub-judice. CV Shanmugam, minister for law, courts and prisons, in a letter addressed to Karnataka’s minister for water resources and medical education urged the state governement not to proceed with the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Mekedatu, violating the Supreme Court order. The Karnataka minister sought an an appointment with Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami to discuss the project. The Minister said that the Karnataka government should not take up any construction activities in the Cauvery Basin without prior consent from Tamil Nadu.