The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Cauvery Water Management Authority not to consider the detailed project report submitted by Karnataka for the Mekedatu dam project. It urged the Centre to decline permission for the project.
Waters Resources Minister Duraimurugan, who moved the resolution, accused the Karnataka government of not respecting the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, delivered on February 5, 2007. He said Karnataka was proposing to construct the dam unilaterally, without obtaining the consent of the co-basin States or the necessary clearances from the Centre, and that it was allocating funds for the project.
“It is not acceptable. Hence, the action of the Karnataka government is strongly condemned by the august House,” the resolution said. It also urged the Centre not to give technical, environmental and other clearances to Karnataka to construct the dam.
