TN hits out at State for allocating Rs 1,000 crore

Chennai: Karnataka allocating Rs 1,000 crore for constructing a dam at Mekedatu across river Cauvery, when the matter was pending in the Supreme Court went against federalism, the Tamil Nadu gover nment said on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, referring to the 2022-23 Karnataka budget that set apart the sum towards dam construction, said that it was a unilateral act. The dam construction proposal had no requisite approvals and this announcement of Karnataka was unjust as it had not taken the concurrence of riparian states for building the reservoir, he said.

The budgetary announcement appears to have been made taking into account the Karnataka Assembly election slated to be held next year, he said in a statement. —PTI