We have got every right to start Mekedatu project: Karnataka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday once again asserted that the State has got every right to implement the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery and will start the work, despite objections from neighboring Tamil Nadu.

He held discussions with Union Jalshakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and sought clearances from the Centre for implementing Mekedatu and other irrigation projects in the



State.

“I don''t want to discuss Tamil Nadu or any other state. We have got every right and we are going to start the work,” Yediyurappa said in response to a question on Tamil Nadu''s objection to the Mekedatu project.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting with the union minister, he said detailed discussions took place regarding the irrigation projects in the State including Mekedatu.