Armed with a favourable legal opinion, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) will take up the ₹9,000-crore Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir-cum-Drinking Water Project of the Karnataka government for discussion at its meeting to be held on June 17.
Confirming this, S.K. Haldar, Chairman of the Authority, told The Hindu on Monday that the Authority had earlier sought an opinion from the Union Law Ministry, which, in turn, referred the matter to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
A source, familiar with the development, says the SG was said to have taken a position that the Authority had “wide powers” to deliberate on any matter concerning the Cauvery.