No TN proposal on Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar project under consideration: CentreThe Centre informed the Lok Sabha that no proposal from the Tamil Nadu government seeking financial assistance for the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar River Link Project is under consideration. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary said, “No proposal of State Government of Tamil Nadu for financial assistance of the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Link Project is under consideration of Ministry of Jal Shakti.” The minister said the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Link Project is one of the river-linking projects identified under the National Perspective Plan. He said the detailed project report (DPR) of the link “was completed and circulated by National Water Development Agency (NWDA) in 2020”. As per the DPR, the project covers the drought-prone districts of Karur, Tiruchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar and Thoothukudi.