Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi objecting to Jal Shakti Ministry’s recent reply on the Mekedatu dam issue in parliament. Calling the response disappointing, he said it appears to have been made without “without taking into consideration the prevailing legal position and settled law with regard to the consent of the lower riparian states”.
The ministry, he said, “has stated that the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 16 February 2018 does not expressly stipulate that Karnataka should obtain the consent of the lower riparian States before constructing a structure across the River Cauvery”.