Govt. should go ahead with Mekedatu project: D.K. Shivakumar

Asking Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa not to hold any talks with his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin over the Mekedatu project, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and former

Asking Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa not to hold any talks with his Tamil Nadu counterpart M.K. Stalin over the Mekedatu project, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and former Irrigation Minister D.K. Shivakumar said here on Monday that the government should go ahead with inviting bids for constructing the dam across the Cauvery. “We will fully back our Chief Minister. He should show political will and protect the interest of the State,” he said. Mr. Shivakumar said that discussing the project matter with Tamil Nadu would serve no purpose. “When it comes to Sstate matters, politicians there (in Tamil Nadu) cutting across party lines will come together. They will not agree for the project,” he said and added, “The State government should show the double engine power in getting necessary clearances, in any, from the Union Government and go ahead with the project.”