Yediyurappa urges Stalin to not to oppose the Mekedatu project
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has written a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin, asking him not to oppose his government’s Mekedatu project on the Cau, arguing that it would immensely benefit both states.
“Both states are bound to get benefited by Mekedatu project,” Yediyurappa said in the letter.
He further said that the project, stipulated to meet the drinking and domestic water needs of the people of Karnataka, including the whole city of Bengaluru, in no way affects the interests of the farming communities of Tamil Nadu.
Yediyurappa said in the letter that the project will be taken as per the directions of the Supreme Court which includes lifting of 4.75 TMC water for the use of Bengaluru city and also constructing a hydel power project of 400 MW.
