Cauvery Water Management Authority has no jurisdiction over Mekedatu: Duraimurugan
The Hindu
Mr. Duraimurugan said Tamil Nadu had already reiterated its stand and Union Water Resources Secretary himself would go to the Authority to express Tamil Nadu’s position.
Expressing shock over reports that the Cauvery Water Management Authority had decided to discuss Karnataka’s proposal for construction of Mekedatu dam, Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan on Friday told the Legislative Assembly that it had no jurisdiction at all to discuss the matter and the issue was sub judice. “We have filed a petition in the Supreme Court against construction of a dam at Mekedatu. We have also filed a contempt petition in the Centrel Water Commission against the Detailed Project Report (DPR). When everything is in the Supreme Court it is sub judice to discuss the issue in the Cauvery Water Management Authority. It is the stand of Tamil Nadu that it cannot be discussed,” he explained while responding to the members of the House. Mr. Duraimurugan said Tamil Nadu had already reiterated its stand and Union Water Resources Secretary himself would go to the Authority to express Tamil Nadu’s position.More Related News