Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala would oppose plans to link rivers originating from the Western Ghats as part of the Centre's ambitious river inter-linking project, state Irrigation Minister T M Jacob told the Assembly on February 13.

The state had asked the Centre to call a Chief Ministers' meet before drawing up the "river-garlanding project", Jacob said during Question Hour.

As far as Kerala was concerned, inter-linking of Western Ghats rivers sounded unscientific. The state would oppose the proposal to inter-connect Pampa, Achankovil and Vypar rivers, he said.

PTI