PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today ignored question related to Union Minister Prahlad Joshi’s statement on Mhadei wherein he said that Karnataka will go ahead with implementation of project as per Tribunal Award.
Speaking to reporters, CM Sawant said, ” We are going ahead with contempt petition & will fight it out in Supreme Court of India,”
He further said that Contempt Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court today against Karnataka for illegal diversion of #Madhei water and that government will continue to fight for our right.
Union Minister Joshi yesterday in a statement to a national daily said that the Karnataka government will go ahead with work for the implementation of Mahadayi project as per the award of Mahadayi River Dispute Tribunal.
He added that he was unaware of the basis on which the Goa government has been filing a contempt petition against the state in Supreme Court.