Centre said no nod for Mekedatu dam without asking TN: Min

Tamil Nadu water resources minister S Duraimurugan on Tuesday said the Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had promised him that the Centre would not give nod to Karnataka’s Mekedatu project without asking Tamil Nadu. Duraimurugan, who met Shekhawat in New Delhi on Tuesday along with a delegation of state officials, said the Union minister had also promised to set up a tribunal to resolve TN’s Pennaiyar interstate river water dispute with Karnataka which has built a dam across Markandeya river, a tributary of Pennaiyar.

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Centre said no nod for Mekedatu dam without asking TN: Min
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Tamil Nadu water resources minister S Duraimurugan on Tuesday said the Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had promised him that the Centre would not give nod to Karnataka’s Mekedatu project without asking Tamil Nadu. Duraimurugan, who met Shekhawat in New Delhi on Tuesday along with a delegation of state officials, said the Union minister had also promised to set up a tribunal to resolve TN’s Pennaiyar interstate river water dispute with Karnataka which has built a dam across Markandeya river, a tributary of Pennaiyar.
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