Ms Jayalalithaa presented a 29-page memorandum which also demanded the restoration of water level at Mullaperiyar dam to 152 feet.
On her first visit after her second consecutive election victory, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and submitted a memorandum demanding among other things formation of Cauvery Management Board and addressing the issues related to NEET in state.
During the meeting at the Race Course residence of the prime minister, she presented a 29-page memorandum which also demanded the restoration of water level at Mullaperiyar dam to
152 feet.
Interlinking of rivers, retrieval of Katchatheevu island and inclusion of fishermen in the Scheduled Tribes list are also listed in the memorandum.
Ms Jayalalithaa pressed the Centre for addressing the state's grievances over issues related to the implementation of GST.
In the memorandum, the state has also urged for the early commissioning of Unit 2 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Ms Jayalalithaa, who arrived in the afternoon, met 50 of her party lawmakers, the largest regional group in Parliament, before she drove to PM Modi's residence.
Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Thambidurai, Special Advisor Sheela Balakrishnan and Chief Secretary Rama Mohan Rao accompanied her.
The Tamil Nadu chief minister had also urged the Centre to set up an All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the state along with addressing the issues related to NEET in state.
Sri Lankan Tamils issue, lifting of the ban on the conduct of Jallikattu and declaring Tamil as an official language were also among the demands made by Ms Jayalalithaa.
She wanted a decision to allow the use of Tamil as the language of Madras High Court.
Union Minister Nirmala Sitaraman and Pon Radhakrishnan also called on Ms Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu house in the evening.