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P R Pandian, president of the farmers’ body, in a statement said they would undertake a campaign from September 20 to build consensus to construct a dam at Rasimanal.

President of the farmers' body, P R Pandian, made this announcement following a detailed, five-hour meeting between a farmers' delegation and Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar in Gurugram.

The Tungabhadra reservoir had accumulated around 33 tmcft of silt and the Centre has formulated a new policy to remove it, he pointed out.

Shivakumar said rivers such as the Cauvery, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Pennar and Palar were the lifelines of the southern peninsula and called for a shift from "water sharing to water cooperation".

Chaluvarayaswamy said work on the Mekedatu project was expedited immediately after he assumed charge as irrigation minister.