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Vijay expresses concern over Central officials holding inspection at Mekedatu dam site, urges PM not to grant any approvals to Karnataka

Chennai, Nov 6 (UNI) Expressing serious concerns over the union government officials holding inspection at the new Mekedatu dam construction site and terming it as "highly inappropriate", Chief Minister and TVK Founder Vijay on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to accord any statutory or administrative approvals to Karmataka without the consent of the co-basin States, while emphasizing the need to ensure the sustained water availability in the Cauvery basin of Tamil Nadu.
In a Demi-Official letter to Mr Modi, Vijay, seeking his personal intervention, cited the February 16, 2018 Supreme Court order and urged him to advise the Jal Shakti and the Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF and CC) Ministries to refrain from undertaking any site inspections, technical evaluations, or granting any statutory/administrative clearances to the Mekedatu project without the consent of lower riparian States.
He also urged him to defer any further administrative or technical action arising from the recent site inspection, if undertaken by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and advise the Karnataka Government not to proceed with the new Mekedatu dam construction project without the consent of co-basin states.
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