India, Aug. 7 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the Godavari-Cauvery-Gundar river linking project on a fast track basis and demanded that the project be declared as of "national importance."

Requesting the PM for the formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle with participation of the Centre and the beneficiary states, Vijay said, "Its early execution would benefit the people and farming communities of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka."

Vijay pointed out that the most sustainable means of addressing the growing water requirements would be implementation of the project as it would facilitate the transfer of surplus floodwaters from water-surplus basins to ...