Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Karnataka on Sunday to campaign for the BJP-JD(S) candidates, the Congress has posed a bunch of questions to him related to denial of permissions and funds to irrigation projects, including Mekedatu, and sought answers from him.
Addressing reporters on Saturday, Minister for Revenue Krishna Byre Gowda said Karnataka has released an additional 1,000 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu since 2018-19 owing to surplus rainfall in the State, but the Centre has denied permission to the State for construction of balancing reservoir Mekedatu across the river Cauvery for storage of 65 tmcft. The dam was proposed for construction of a hydel power project and cater to the drinking water needs of Bengaluru. The construction of the dam would enable it to store surplus water and help both States during the distress years, he said.
