CWC is better placed to decide on Mekedatu and Vennar projects, says CWMA chairman

CWC is better placed to decide on Mekedatu and Vennar projects, says CWMA chairman

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

CWMA urged to find lasting solution to Cauvery issue

CWMA urged to find lasting solution to Cauvery issue

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

Karnataka awaits outcome of CWMA meeting scheduled today

Karnataka awaits outcome of CWMA meeting scheduled today

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

Cauvery Project: Bommai calls Stalin’s letter to Modi a `political stunt’

Cauvery Project: Bommai calls Stalin’s letter to Modi a `political stunt’

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