Mekedatu: The Shimshapura Power Generating Station (Shimsha Power Plant or Sir K. Seshadri Iyer Power Station) that has been continuously supplying electricity to Bengaluru and other parts of the State for the last 80 years, is facing the threat of submersion if the ambitious Mekedatu project is implemented. The Power Station was set up by…
Bengaluru: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ambitious multi-purpose Mekedatu project across River Cauvery near Kanakapura is expected to be completed in the next six to nine months, and the associated studies are expected to be conducted simultaneously. The Central Water Commission (CWC) recently gave in-principle clearance to Karnataka to submit DPR for the…
Bengaluru: With Tamil Nadu filing an urgent application in the Supreme Court seeking to stay the permission given by the Central Water Commission (CWC) to Karnataka for going ahead with the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir-cum-Drinking Water project, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy held a meeting with legal and irrigation…
Bengaluru: With the Central Water Commission (CWC) giving in-principle approval to Karnataka for Mekedatu project, the State Government will hold a meeting with former Chief Ministers of the State. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar said that the State Government will hold a meeting with all former Chief Ministers at…
Bengaluru: Locked in confrontation with Tamil Nadu over utilisation of Cauvery waters, Karnataka heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday with the Central Water Commission (CWC) approving the Rs.5,912 crore Mekedatu Multi-purpose Project across the Cauvery that envisages supply of drinking water to Bengaluru and Ramanagaram districts, besides generation of power. The CWC has now…
Bengaluru: With Lok Sabha Polls just a few months away, the Tamil Nadu Government has again raked up Karnataka’s Mekedatu project, by taking up the issue with the Centre. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswamy, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi yesterday, appealed the PM not to approve Mekedatu Drinking Water Project across…
State released 310 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu against scheduled 82 tmcft Bengaluru: Heavy rain and floods along the Cauvery Basin have resulted in Karnataka releasing 310 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu since the beginning of this water year (since June) as against the scheduled 82 tmcft. This is because Karnataka…
Chennai: In the wake of media reports that the Karnataka government has approached the Central Water Commission (CWC) to seek technical clearance for the Mekedatu project across River Cauvery, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami yesterday wrote to Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, asking her not to accord clearance to the project till…
Bengaluru: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the implementation of Mekedatu drinking water project will be readied by June first week. It will be sent to the Central Water Commission and Ministry of Environment and Forests, for approval, said Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil yesterday. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, the Minister said that the…
The State Government is all set to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) on the construction of a balancing Reservoir as part of Mekedatu Drinking Water Project. Replying to a question by MLAs Cheluvarayaswamy and Gopalaiah, during Question Hour in the State Assembly yesterday, Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil said that Karnataka was…
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