DMK Returns To Waters To Reap Election Benefit
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 3,
March 2011
The last time the issue had come up was in 2004. A common minimum programme drafted by a committee headed by Jairam Ramesh immediately after the 2004 Lok Sabha election had listed interlinking of peninsular rivers as a major agenda.
But after becoming Union minister for environment and forests in UPA-II, Ramesh ruled out such an interlinking, saying, “It will lead to environmental disaster." Interestingly, neither DMK nor its allies in the UPA pressured the Centre after 2004 to initiate steps to link rivers.
“Instead of taking it up now, he [Karunanidhi] should have talked to chief ministers of other states and convinced them of the project," an alliance partner said. Read the full report here.
Source: by Kumar Chellappan, DNA, Chennai.
