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Cauvery dispute: Farmers’ bodies demand removal of DKS as Water Resources Minister

Farmers in Mysuru district staged protests on Sept. 20, blocking roads in Nanjangud & T. Narsipur. They demanded removal of Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar as Water Resources Minister & urged the State govt. to stop releasing water to TN & pay ₹25,000/acre as compensation. Activists also sought independent CWMA &…

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Karnataka moves Supreme Court over inability to release 5K cusecs water to TN, seeks Mekedatu clearance from Centre

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court expressing its inability to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery reservoirs in the state.

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Vatal Nagaraj for political unity on Cauvery, threatens to block inter-State border

Vatal Nagaraj calls for unity on Cauvery issue, threatens to block State border. He blames TN CM Stalin for politicisation and flays Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for mellowing down. He also criticises State for releasing water to TN and Deputy CM Shivakumar for Mekedatu project. All-party meeting after releasing water also…

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Release of Cauvery water triggers farmers protest at KRS

KRRS farmers protest release of Cauvery water to TN. Led by Badagalpura Nagendra, 150 farmers assembled near KRS for day & night sit-in. MLA Darshan Puttanaiah & Kannada activists support protest. Farmers demand more water to save standing crops & distress formula. Kurubur Shanthakumar suggests Mekedatu Project to benefit both…

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Mekedatu dam is the only solution to Cauvery water row: D.K. Shivakumar

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said the construction of a proposed Mekedatu project, a balancing reservoir, in the Cauvery basin in Karnataka is the only solution to the Cauvery water-sharing row with the neighbouring States.

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At Cauvery Authority’s meet on Aug. 11, T.N. may raise shortfall in water release and press for its share

TN to urge Karnataka to make up shortfall in Cauvery water at CWMA meet on Aug 11; TN had requested CWMA to direct Karnataka to release water; TN apprised of CWMA's decision on Mekedatu project; AIADMK's OPS urges CM Stalin to use good offices with Congress to ensure Karnataka releases…

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Cauvery Authority to meet on June 16

The subject of the proposed Mekedatu dam may not figure at the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting to be held in New Delhi on June 16

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Annamalai was a mute spectator when Karnataka BJP govt. set aside ₹1,000 crore for Mekedatu dam, says Alagiri

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K.S. Alagiri on Friday questioned why BJP State Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai did not raise his voice against the previous BJP government in Karnataka, which set aside ₹1,000 crore in 2022-23 Budget to prepare the project report for the construction of the Mekedatu…

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T.N will make no compromise on Mekedatu dam, says Duraimurugan

Reiterating the strong opposition by the State government against Mekedatu dam, Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on Thursday said Tamil Nadu would not allow the construction of the dam.

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Tamil Nadu people should be warm-hearted towards Mekedatu project: D.K. Shivakumar

Karnataka bears no hatred towards the people of Tamil Nadu, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation D.K. Shivakumar said on Thursday and added that the people of Tamil Nadu should be “warm-hearted” on the issue of Mekedatu drinking water project.

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Mekedatu hydel reservoir to provide water to Bengaluru and power to Tamil Nadu: Karnataka govt

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government has told the Supreme Court that the Mekedatu hydel-reservoir project will help draw water from Cauvery river for Bengaluru city and provide electricity to Tamil Nadu, which it said had a historical habit of objecting to every development project in Karnataka.

The Times of India

SC to hear Tamil Nadu, Karnataka pleas on Mekedatu project on July 26

Both States to inform Cauvery Water Management Authority to defer its deliberation this week on the proposed construction

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T.N. delegation meets Jal Shakti Minister

They insist that Mekedatu should not be discussed at the CWMA meeting

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Union Minister reassures T.N. on Mekedatu project: Durai Murugan

State leaders meet Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi

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Tamil Nadu delegation to meet Jal Shakti minister: CM M K Stalin

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced that a delegation of legislature party leaders led by water resources minister Duraimurugan would soon meet Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Delhi. The decision comes in the wake of the statement of Cauvery Water Management Authority chairman S…

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Anbumani cautions government over Mekedatu

Cauvery Water Management Authority keen on giving approval for the project, he says

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Mekedatu: Bommai terms T.N.’s letter to PM ‘political stunt’

Tamil Nadu’s demand does not have any locus standi and the Centre will not consider it, says CM

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Tamil Nadu’s opposition to Mekedatu project is political stunt: Karnataka CM

The detailed project report of Mekedatu is awaiting approval of the Cauvery River Monitoring Board. Pointing out that 15 meetings of the Board have been held so far, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, “Tamil Nadu Government did not object then. When a final meeting is scheduled, the Tamil Nadu…

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Tamil Nadu: Paattali Makkal Katchi opposes Mekedatu deliberation

TRICHY: The Tamil Nadu government should move the Supreme Court and get the deliberation on the Mekedatu dam project removed from the agenda of the scheduled meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss said on Monday.

The Times of India

Cauvery Water Management Authority has to decide on Mekedatu project, says solicitor general Tushar Mehta

CHENNAI: Solicitor general of India Tushar Mehta stated it was indisputable that the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) was constituted to give effect to the Tribunal award as modified by the Supreme Court and it would have to take a decision as to whether the Karnataka government’s Mekedatu dam project…

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Mekedatu: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin urges PM Narendra Modi to restrain Cauvery water management authority

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to restrain the Cauvery water management authority from discussing Karnataka's Mekedatu project proposal in its meeting on June 17. Writing to Modi, Stalin said the scope of the CWMA is limited to implementing the Supreme Court's…

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Stalin urges Modi to instruct CWMA not to discuss Mekedatu

M.K. Stalin contended that the CWMA was specifically constituted, as per the verdict of the Supreme Court, in May 2018.

The Times of India

Karnataka: CM Basavaraj Bommai attacks Tamil Nadu over moving Supreme Court on Cauvery

MYSURU: A day after Tamil Nadu filed an objection in the Supreme Court stating Karnataka cannot table the Mekedatu project at the court-constituted Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), CM Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday criticised the TN government's stand. Asserting that the lower riparian state has no jurisdiction to seek the…

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CWMA within its right to discuss Mekedatu project: Karnataka CM

He said the CWMA was constituted following the directives of the apex court

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T.N. moves SC against CWMA taking up Mekedatu at next meeting

State representative will point out that this subject is beyond the jurisdiction of the CWMA: Duraimurugan

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