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Close connected the heels of the Supreme Court dismissing Tamil Nadu’s reappraisal petition against Karnataka’s projected Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Drinking Water Project, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar enactment the onus of providing clearance to the task connected the Centre.
“Now it is for the Union authorities to instrumentality the last determination regarding the Mekedatu project. We are successful the process of submitting the revised Detailed Project Report,” Mr. Shivakumar told the property successful New Delhi connected Tuesday (May 26).
The apex tribunal refused to reappraisal its November 2025 judgement, which had earlier dismissed Tamil Nadu’s objections to the Mekedatu task arsenic “premature”.
Mr. Shivakumar, who besides holds Water Resources portfolio, hailed the court’s judgement. “The Supreme Court’s three-member Bench has dismissed the reappraisal petition filed by Tamil Nadu regarding the Mekedatu project. This is bully quality for Karnataka. On behalf of the radical of Karnataka, we explicit our gratitude to the Supreme Court,” helium said.
“The Supreme Court had already fixed america wide instructions successful its earlier order, imposing a information that Tamil Nadu’s stock of 177 tmcft of h2o indispensable beryllium released successful a year,” helium said.
Karnataka has been arguing that the projected Mekedatu balancing reservoir task volition not harm the interests of Tamil Nadu and successful fact, it would assistance decently modulate the h2o travel to Tamil Nadu arsenic per the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal’s orders.
Though Karnataka is required to merchandise 177 tmcft of h2o a year to Tamil Nadu, the information astatine the Biligundlu measuring gauge has shown that Karnataka has ended up releasing much than treble this quantum for respective years arsenic it does not person immoderate h2o retention installation successful the downstream beyond Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS). Hence, the State has been readying to physique the Mekedatu balancing reservoir successful Kanakapura taluk of Bengaluru South.
