K'taka CM reiterates commitment to complete Mekedatu project despite opposition from Tamil Nadu
Ballari (Karnataka)(PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said the plan on Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery would go ahead despite the statements issued by politicians in neighbouring Tamil Nadu that, he said, mislead the people of that State.
"Water for the Mekedatu project and its planning are not in the hands of Tamil Nadu. Hence the statements of political leaders and their resolutions have no meaning. Though they know this fact, they are doing it to mislead their people politically," Bommai told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
Charging the politicians in Tamil Nadu with bringing in politics, Bommai said,"There is no change in our stand, our efforts, and our legal fight. Mekedatu project will happen."
Mekedatu is a multi-purpose (drinking and power) project, which involves building a balancing reservoir near Kanakapura in Ramanagara district.
Tamil Nadu has been opposing the project, raising apprehensions that the State would be affected if the project takes shape.
The project, once completed, is aimed at ensuring drinking water to Bengaluru and neighbouring areas (4.75 TMC) and also can generate 400 MW power, and the estimated cost of the project is Rs 9,000 crore.
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Mandya: Four of family killed on spot in Airavat bus-car collision on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
Mandya: Four members of a family were killed on the spot in an accident reported on Thursday on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway stretch near Tubinakere in the taluk, where a state transport bus hit the car they were traveling in.
The deceased are identified as Raje Urs (51), his wife Nischitha (45), relative Chandru (62) and Chandru’s wife Suvedini Rani (50).
They were traveling from Bengaluru to Mysuru when an Airavat bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) hit their car near Tubinakere, situated in the jurisdiction limits of Mandya Rural Police Station. The car is reported to be completely damaged due to the intensity of the collision.
DIG (South Division) Boralingayya and Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi have visited the accident site and conducted an inspection.
