Karnataka government said that it will request the prime minister to intervene in the Hogenakkanal drinking water project involving Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Tamil Nadu government authorities said that work on it was on track. Meanwhile, deputy chief minister M KStalin told the state assembly that "The chief minister (M Karunanidhi) had put the project on hold last year only to avoid any confusion or violence whatsoever at that time (as assembly elections were due in Karnataka). The project is now on track and is expected to be completed by 2012,".