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Grant approvals for Mekedatu project soon, Karnataka DyCM Shivakumar urges Centre

February 18, 2025 8:32 pm

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar makes the appeal at the All India State Water Ministers’ Conference 2025 in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Mekedatu project: After DMK’s manifesto opposing it, Deve Gowda asks all Karnataka parties to promise implementation

March 24, 2024 9:20 pm

Deve Gowda urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and ensure the implementation of the project, noting that a Detailed Project Report was submitted to the Centre in 2019

Amid flaring Cauvery row, Siddaramaiah govt pitches for Mekedatu dam as a ‘game changer’

September 02, 2023 3:07 pm

With proper rains still eluding Cauvery basin Congress-led Karnataka govt is increasingly coming under political pressure over lack of water for its own farmers while being forced to release water for irrigation in Tamil Nadu

Karnataka drops cases filed against Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar during Mekedatu Padayatra last year

August 11, 2023 7:04 am

Law Minister H K Patil says 10 cases booked against Congress leaders during BJP rule over alleged violations of Covid rules stand withdrawn.

‘Mekedatu dam project could pose threat to Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary’: NTCA issues warning based on tiger census

August 04, 2023 6:33 pm

Conceived in early 2000, the project envisages constructing a dam near Ontigondlu, about 1.5 km from Mekedatu in Ramanagara district of Karnataka at the confluence of the Cauvery and Arkavathi rivers.

Before next Oppn meeting, DMK faces Mekedatu hurdle: Rivals target Stalin for 'giving in' to Cong

July 06, 2023 9:10 am

Tamil Nadu’s ruling party reiterates commitment against construction of dam; at a meeting in Delhi, TN minister urges Gajendra Shekhawat to get Karnataka to release Cauvery water

Mekedatu dam rises between 'friends' Cong and DMK: What is this long-running dispute

June 02, 2023 10:50 am

The Mekedatu dam project is located in Ramanagaram district about 100 km south of Bengaluru, close to where the Cauvery enters Tamil Nadu. The project has been a source of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for years.

Mekedatu: Tamil Nadu delegation meets Union Minister Gajendra Singh

June 22, 2022 10:39 pm

The delegation urged Gajendra Singh Shekhawat not to allow discussion on the Mekedatu dam project at the meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).

Tamil Nadu team to meet Jal Shakti Minister on Mekedatu project: CM MK Stalin

June 19, 2022 7:28 am

The Chief Minister claimed that the proposed Mekedatu project would prevent Tamil Nadu from exercising its rights on the river water.

Bommai's remarks on Tamil Nadu CM unacceptable, we have no intent to politicise Mekedatu: Minister

June 16, 2022 12:35 pm

Hitting out at the Karnataka Chief Minister for terming Stalin's letter as a "political stunt", Duraimurugan said the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir project concerned the basic livelihood problem of Tamil Nadu farmers.