Shivakumar presses PM Modi on Mekedatu, Western Ghats, CSR funds

Mysuru, Nov 13 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday used Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mysuru to press the Centre on three contentious issues, seeking a push for the Mekedatu drinking water project, intervention over the Western Ghats conservation report and a national policy framework to channel corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds into government schools. Making a direct pitch for Karnataka's interests at the inauguration of the Cosmos Planetarium in the presence of Modi and union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Shivakumar said the state needed the Centre's urgent support and cooperation to address critical developmental challenges. Pointing…