‘No Talks With Karnataka on Mekedatu Project’: C.V. Shanmugam

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. C.V. Shanmugam, Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, in a letter urged the Karnataka government not to proceed with the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Mekedatu, violating the Supreme Court order. The letter was addressed to D.K. Shivakumar, Karnataka’s Minister for Water Resources and Medical Education. Shanmugam was responding to a letter by Shivakumar sent on December 6 seeking an appointment with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami to discuss the project. (IANS)

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