Taking strong exception to Kerala's plan to construct a dam, Jayalalithaa today shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to advise Kerala not to proceed with the irrigation scheme or any other project on the Siruvani in violation of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's final order.
She asked the Centre not to accord it technical clearance as it "violates" the final order.
Maintaining that Kerala gave top priority for the scheme, Water Resources Minister P J Joseph said in the state assembly that this was not a new project, but something that had been pending for long.
Replying to a submission by Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, he said the state would soon seek environmental clearance from the Centre for revival of the project, estimated to cost Rs 560 crore. (MORE)
