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The Karnataka authorities has issued a notification to signifier a squad led by the Karnataka Engineering Research Station (KERS) manager to expedite Mekedatu task “in presumption of the favourable Supreme Court order”.
Recently, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who besides holds the Water Resources portfolio, reviewed measures connected implementation of the project, and announced that the task bureau would beryllium acceptable up successful Bengaluru South.
The squad nether the KERS manager volition comprise an enforcement engineer, 3 method assistants, six adjunct engineers, 1 accountant, a superintendent and different staff.
The Cauveri Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL) volition instrumentality steps to acceptable up the Mekedatu task office. The squad volition relation nether the enactment of KNNL manager and administrative expenses would beryllium borne by the KNNL, according to the Government Order (GO).
The manager of KNNL has been instructed to manus implicit each the applicable documents related to the Mekedatu task to the KERS director, the GO said.
What SC said
The Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai connected November 13 pronounced its verdict, refusing to entertain the Tamil Nadu’s exertion against Karnataka’s projected task and termed the Tamil Nadu’s objection premature.
The apical tribunal had observed that Karnataka would beryllium bound to merchandise the stock of Cauvery h2o allotted to the little riparian States of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Karnataka has been arguing that gathering a balancing reservoir astatine Mekedatu would assistance successful ensuring due merchandise of h2o to Tamil Nadu arsenic per its share.
