“To fulfill this need, this government urges the Centre to divert at least 200 tmc of water from the Godavari to the Cauvery basin, as the initial stage of the inter-state river water linkage,” headded. Cauvery-Gundar linkage project

The state government on its part, will pursue inter-linking of rivers within Tamil Nadu and will implement the Cauvery-Gundar River linkage project, under which the Cauvery-South Vellar link will be taken up as the firstphase in the ensuing financial year as alreadyannounced by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami,he said.

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