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.
Indicating this, an official of the Tamil Nadu government referred to the decision taken by the Authority in December 2022 to take a “uniform stand” for discussions on Mekedatu and any other project in the Cauvery basin, till the Supreme Court gave its ruling on an application filed by Tamil Nadu last year on the Mekedatu issue.
The agenda for the meeting does not contain any reference to the project. The advent of the southwest monsoon, the expected pattern of rainfall and the likely flows in the Cauvery are among the topics that would be discussed.
