Duraimurugan to lead TN's all-party team to Delhi

Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister and Senior leader of the DMK, S Duraimurugan will lead the all-party delegation to New Delhi to meet Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekawat. The delegation is to apprise the minister of the dangers involved in the construction of the Mekedatu dam across Cauvery river by the Karnataka government. It is to be noted that Mekedatu dam has been a burning issue in Tamil Nadu for the past few months.

All political parties of Tamil Nadu including the BJP and the AIADMK are participating in the delegation to meet the union minister. The AIADMK leader and former minister D. Jayakumar has already said that the party has given full support to the chief minister in passing a resolution against the construction of the Mekedatu dam across Cauvery river.