First cabinet meet must sanction Godavari-Cauvery linking project: Ramadoss

Ahead of the first cabinet meeting of the new central government, PMK Founder S Ramadoss demanded the leaders to accord sanction for the Godavari-Cauvery river linking project. In a statement, Ramadoss said that the project should be implemented with loans from the World Bank or Asian Development Bank.

Chennai: On Monday, S. Ramadoss the founder of the Pattali Munnetra Katchi (PMK) urged that the first cabinet meeting of the incoming central government should accord sanction for Godavari-Cauvery river linking project.

"With a new central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to be formed, sanction for the linking of Godavari-Cauvery rivers should be obtained," Ramadoss said in a statement.

Ramadoss further remarked that the project could be implemented with loans from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank.

According to Ramadoss, the linking of two rivers was mooted way back in 1970 but no action has been taken on that.

He said the Godavari is one the perennial rivers of India and about 1,100 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water goes to the sea. If the two rivers are linked then Tamil Nadu will get 200 TMC water.