The Cauvery water management authority on Tuesday deferred KarnatakasMekedatudam plan following strong objections from theTamil Nadugovernment. The authority also deferred the Tamil Nadu governments Cauvery-Gundar interlinking project following objections fromKarnatakarepresentatives.

While the bureaucrats of Nadu and Karnataka took part in the meeting convened by CWMA chairman S K Haldar in New Delhi, the representatives ofPuducherryandKeralajoined through video-conference. Mekedatu was included in the agenda and we wanted to discuss that.