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Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources N. Anand connected Monday told the Tamil Nadu Assembly that the request for constituting a caller tribunal connected the Mekedatu task would not adversely impact the interests of the State.
“We cannot stay idle erstwhile the Centre and the Karnataka government, citing the caller guidelines, question to conception a dam astatine Mekedatu. The tribunal way is the champion approach. It tin found Tamil Nadu’s rights implicit the surplus h2o and forestall unilateral decisions by the Union government,” helium said.
Mr. Anand said it was incorrect to assertion the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) had rejected Karnataka’s Detailed Project Report (DPR). “On the contrary, the CWMA has forwarded the DPR to the Central Water Commission (CWC) without offering immoderate comments. Therefore, the menace posed by the projected dam has not ended,” helium said.
According to the Minister, the Supreme Court’s 2018 judgement had not conclusively determined the contented of surplus water, which Karnataka had subsequently filed different archetypal petition. “It is our contention earlier the Supreme Court that immoderate caller quality arising nether the Cauvery water-sharing statement tin beryllium resolved lone done a tribunal, arsenic provided nether the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956,” helium added.
