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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar connected Thursday termed the Supreme Court rejecting Tamil Nadu’s exertion challenging the projected operation of a reservoir by Karnataka astatine Mekedatu crossed the Cauvery arsenic “justice to the State.”
Speaking to reporters here, Mr. Shivakumar, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, said: “This is not astir a setback oregon a victory. It has fixed justness to Mekedatu. Mekedatu is simply a task for our water, and it doesn’t impact Tamil Nadu successful immoderate way. In fact, it benefits Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has responded to the radical of Karnataka”.
Tamil Nadu volition get its stock of h2o arsenic per the court’s judgments, and hence the State volition proceed with the project, helium said.
Our land, our resources
“This task is being done successful our onshore and with our resources. This task volition assistance america proviso h2o to Tamil Nadu arsenic per the tribunal’s bid adjacent during mediocre rainfall years. This is simply a triumph for the radical of Bengaluru. This h2o volition supply drinking h2o to radical from each States surviving successful Bengaluru. I entreaty to Tamil Nadu to enactment the task present astatine least. We each request to enactment connected this task together,” Mr. Shivakumar said.
CWC volition support
Asked if the Central Water Commission (CWC) would enactment the project, helium said: “The tribunal volition springiness directions to the CWC. The CWC doesn’t person immoderate different prime but to enactment the Mekedatu project.”
Tamil Nadu has been opposing the project, saying that it would curtail the travel of h2o downstream. The Tamil Nadu government called the task “illegal” and against the national system.
The task is expected to utilise 4.75 tmcft (consumptive use) of h2o for gathering the drinking h2o needs of Bangalore metropolis and generating 400 MW of hydropower. The task volition origin submergence of astir 4,996 hectares, including astir 4,800 hectares of wood and wildlife land.
As per the precocious riparian State’s plan, a ₹9,000-crore balancing reservoir has been projected astatine Mekedatu. The Congress undertook a padayatra earlier the 2023 Assembly elections and promised implementation of the project.
