Karnataka can never build a dam at Mekedatu, says Minister
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'Under no circumstances will we allow that': Minister Anand rebuffs Shivakumar on Mekedatu dam
Tamil Nadu Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources, N Anand, has rejected claims about the Mekedatu dam. Karnataka Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar, asserted that permission from Tamil Nadu is unnecessary. Anand emphasized that under no circumstances will they allow such construction to occur. DMK leader Duraimurugan supported Anand's statements, stressing that no state can independently build a dam on an interstate river.
DMK General Secretary and former Minister Duraimurugan met reporters at his residence in Katpadi, Vellore district. He said, “Karnataka Chief Minister Shivakumar has been talking about the Mekedadu Dam ever since he became a minister. It is impossible to say that we will build it. It is impossible for any state to build a dam on its own for any reason in the rivers flowing between two states and to store water. Wherever a river flows between two…
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