Tamil Nadu opposes the Mekedatu project. Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) chairman S.K. Haldar on Tuesday defended the Authority’s decision to refer back the Vennar sub-basin improvement project along with the Mekedatu balancing reservoir project to the Central Water Commission (CWC) for further action. Mr. Haldar told The Hindu over phone that the move was … Read more
Dinesh Gooligowda, MLC, has urged the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to find a lasting solution to the sharing of the Cavery water in times of distress. He has also sought an an ‘’impartial’’ report from hydrology experts drawn from outside the four riparian States. In a letter to the CWMA chairman, Mr. Gooligowda, who … Read more
A file photo of Cauvery river water flowing near Nimishamba temple in Mandya district. While the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has recommended release of 5,000 cusecs of water daily for 15 days from Karnataka, the State has opposed the recommendation. | Photo Credit: File photo As Karnataka awaits the outcome of proceedings of the … Read more
Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday called Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin’s letter to prime minister Narendra Modi seeking to block his government’s Cauvery river project a “political stunt” in a sign of escalation of tensions over the inter-state river. Tamil Nadu had been politicising the subject for many years now, Bommai told … Read more