Implementing for the benefit of farmers, including Kudimaramathu and building of check dams, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister announced that the `2,298 crore project to modernise the Grand Anaicut canal would be launched soon. Similarly the `5,590 crore Cauvery delta irrigation modernisation project would be inaugurated soon. Preliminary work for Godavari-Cauvery link project had commenced. “A detailed project report (DPR) is being readied”, the State governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana would have given their approval.