Chennai sources have stated that the DMK and the Congress demanded that the government constitute an all party delegation to meet the Prime Minister over Kerala’s efforts to construct a dam across the Siruvani river and a resolution be passed in the House over the issue.
Meanwhile Minister for Public Works Department Edappadi K. Palaniswami has told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government was taking all necessary efforts to protect the State’s interest in the issue and he is not satisfied with this reply, DMK MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin staged a walkout from the House.
Mr. Stalin has raised the issue in the House citing media reports and has urged the Centre and the Kerala government not to proceed with the construction of the dam and he has insisted that an all party delegation be constituted to meet the Prime Minister over the issue.
The Leader of the House O. Panneerselvam has said the Congress and DMK did not take efforts to publish the final verdict of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the government gazette during the UPA rule and has asked the Congress members whether they would ask the Congress government in Karnataka to release water from Cauvery.
