Tamil Nadu farmers to protest in Delhi on June 23 'Mekedatu dam project'

The farmers in Tamil Nadu have intensified their opposition to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project, announcing a major protest in New Delhi on June 23 to press the Union government to reject the proposal.

In a statement issued after the state committee meeting of the Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Association in Tiruvarur, the organisation said farmers



from across the state would participate in a march and lay siege to the headquarters of the Central Water Resources Department in the national capital. 

The association expressed concern that the proposed reservoir on the Cauvery River could adversely affect water availability in Tamil Nadu and pose a serious threat to agriculture in the Cauvery Delta region.