NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government has told the Supreme Court that the Mekedatu hydel-reservoir project will help draw water from Cauvery river for Bengaluru city and provide electricity to Tamil Nadu, which it said had a historical habit of objecting to every development project in Karnataka.
In an affidavit countering TN's petition seeking scrapping of Mekedatu project above the Biligundlu reservoir, from where the two states draw their share of water as per the Water Disputes Tribunal award of 2007 as modified by the SC in 2018, the Karnataka government said the apex court has not restrained the state from constructing the project, which is intended for lifting allocated water supply for Bengaluru.
