MEKEDATU PROJECT

About:

• The Mekedatu multi-purpose project involves building a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River near Kanakapura in Ramanagaram district.
  
  
• It envisages supplying drinking water to Bengaluru and Ramanagaram districts, besides generation of power.
  
  
• Timeline:
  • The project was conceived in 2013 and in 2017, the Karnataka state cabinet decided to implement it.
    
    
  • The project, however, ran into a controversy after Tamil Nadu opposed it on the grounds that the project violates the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award.
    
    
  • The CWC has now asked the Karnataka State government — in principle — to prepare and submit a detailed project report (DPR).