No compromise: Karnataka CM Bommai reiterates implementing Mekedatu project
Tamil Nadu has been opposing the Mekedatu project for political gain. The project was proposed by the Karnataka government for providing drinking water to residents of Bengaluru and surrounding districts, power generation and not for increasing irrigation area, Bommai told media.
FollowResponding to Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai holding a protest to pressure the Karnataka government not to construct the dam at Mekedatu, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday morning said that the government will not compromise regarding the Mekedatu dam project.
Tamil Nadu has been opposing the Mekedatu project for political gain. The project was proposed by the Karnataka government for providing drinking water to residents of Bengaluru and surrounding districts, power generation and not for increasing irrigation area, Bommai told media.
“During the water distress this project is very useful for both the states, whoever is protesting there (Tamil Nadu) it is for doing politics. We have already prepared a Detailed project report (DPR) and submitted it to Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat recently and I have confidence that the DPR will be approved by the centre and the project will be taken up soon.”
Tamil Nadu has passed a resolution urging the Union government not to accord permission to Karnataka for Mekedatu dam in the Cauvery basin.
BJP president K Annamalai, a former IAS officer who has served in Karnataka has begun hunger strike opposing the Mekedatu project at Thanjavur.
A few days ago, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin chaired an all-party meeting at Chennai, which passed a resolution saying no construction must be undertaken at Mekedatu without permission of the downstream States as per the Supreme Court’s judgment.
The Karnataka government insisted that the Centre had no reason to stall the project since drinking water was a major component. Opposition Congress in Karnataka has supported implementation of the project.
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