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Cauvery row to be resolved during Deve Gowda’s lifetime: HDK
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Cauvery row to be resolved during Deve Gowda’s lifetime: HDK

April 23, 2024

Srirangapatna: Mandya NDA candidate and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) said that the Cauvery water sharing row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will be resolved and the Mekedatu Project across River Cauvery along Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border will be executed  during the lifetime of JD(S) Supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda. Addressing a…

Distress formula, Mekedatu Project only two solutions for Cauvery crisis: CM
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Distress formula, Mekedatu Project only two solutions for Cauvery crisis: CM

September 26, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Facing the heat of today’s Bengaluru bandh over Cauvery water sharing, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has expressed his view that the absence of a “distress formula” that would benefit both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is the key reason behind the dispute’s prolonged existence without an amicable solution. Speaking to the media at Mysuru Airport this…

Implementation of Mekedatu Project only solution to end Cauvery row: Former Minister
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Implementation of Mekedatu Project only solution to end Cauvery row: Former Minister

September 4, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that implementation of Mekedatu Project across Cauvery River along Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border seems to be the only long-lasting solution for the decades-old Cauvery water sharing row between the two riparian States, former Minister P.G.R. Sindhia said that the Karnataka Government should make serious efforts to execute Mekedatu Project. He was speaking at the…

Mekedatu dispute between Karnataka – TN in Court unwarranted: Law Minister
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Mekedatu dispute between Karnataka – TN in Court unwarranted: Law Minister

February 4, 2023

Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Minor Irrigation, J.C. Madhu Swamy has asserted that ‘Inter-State water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Mekedatu (Multi-purpose Balancing  Reservoir Project) in Ramanagar district, is not a fit subject that has been drawn to Court by TN Government. Some people with vested interests foment disputes and…

TN uses Mekedatu row to score points: Bommai
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TN uses Mekedatu row to score points: Bommai

March 23, 2022

Bengaluru: Vehemently condemning the Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against the Mekedatu project, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday alleged that the neighbouring State has been using the Cauvery water dispute as a political tool to score brownie points. “The resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly is illegal and it is merely being used to…

Congress resumes Mekedatu padayatra
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Congress resumes Mekedatu padayatra

February 27, 2022

Bengaluru: The Opposition Congress resumed its truncated 170-kilometre padayatra this morning to put pressure on the Karnataka Government to implement the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project to cater to the drinking water requirements of Bengaluru and surrounding areas. The Namma Neeru Namma Hakku padayatra, which began at Kanakapura Circle in Ramanagara town at around 9.30 am…

Mekedatu project discussion does not take place at CWMA
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Mekedatu project discussion does not take place at CWMA

February 4, 2022

‘Lack of consensus among Karnataka and Tamil Nadu’ New Delhi: Discussion on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Mekedatu balancing reservoir-cum-drinking water project was included as an agenda item during various meetings of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). However, the discussion on this issue could not take place due to lack of consensus among…

State should press Centre for Mekedatu project approval
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State should press Centre for Mekedatu project approval

January 18, 2022

Interaction on ‘Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir construction: How far is it beneficial to Mysuru region’ Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the Mekedatu project is beneficial to both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, M. Lakshmana, Chairman of Karnataka State Centre of The Institution of Engineers, said that the there is no point in Tamil Nadu’s objection to the project and…

Discussions on Mekedatu project on Jan. 18
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Discussions on Mekedatu project on Jan. 18

January 17, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: The Institution of Engineers State Committee has organised a discussion on Mekedatu project at Rotary School on JLB Road on Jan. 18 at 11.30 am. Experts, who had worked in various water projects will take part in the discussions and a report on the outcome of the discussions will be submitted to the Government.

Mekedatu reservoir project disastrous: Medha Patkar
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Mekedatu reservoir project disastrous: Medha Patkar

January 16, 2022

Big projects always in favour of politicians, investors and contractors, not common man Bengaluru: Social activist Medha Patkar has expressed concern that the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project could seriously affect biodiversity as well as River Cauvery. Patkar, who was in Bengaluru to take part in a programme organised by the Karnataka Nela Jala Parisara…

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