{"id":12753,"date":"2024-07-30T03:47:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T22:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12753"},"modified":"2025-04-01T21:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:55:58","slug":"mekedatu-reservoir-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mekedatu-reservoir-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Mekedatu Reservoir Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Mekedatu Project:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>multi-purpose<\/strong> (<strong>drinking water and power<\/strong>) <strong>project proposed by Karnataka<\/strong>, which involves building a balancing reservoir near Kanakapura in <strong>Ramanagara district,Karnataka<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It is about <strong>90 km away from Bengaluru<\/strong> and <strong>4 km ahead<\/strong> of the <strong>border with Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The project is proposed at the <strong>confluence of the Cauvery River with <\/strong>its <strong>tributary Arkavathi<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The plan involves building a 99-metre-high, 735-metre-long <strong>concrete gravity dam<\/strong>, an <strong>underground powerhouse<\/strong>, and a water conductor system.<\/li>\n<li>The expected capacity of the dam is 66,000 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water<\/li>\n<li>Once completed, it is <strong>expected to supply<\/strong> over 4 TMC of <strong>water to Bengaluru cityfordrinking purposes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The estimated cost of completing the project is around Rs 14,000 crores, covering an area of over 5,000 hectares.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Issue<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tamil Nadu<\/strong> \u2014 the <strong>lower riparian state<\/strong> \u2014 has <strong>claimed<\/strong> that the <strong>project is against<\/strong> the <strong>interest of the state\u2019s <\/strong>water requirement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tamil Nadu says,Mekedatu area<\/strong> represents the <strong>last free point in Karnataka<\/strong> from <strong>where Cauvery water flows unrestricted into Tamil Nadu,<\/strong> and Mekedatu dam project is an attempt by Karnataka to lock this free flow of water.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>lower riparian state has to give its no-objection for any project<\/strong> that comes up <strong>on the Cauvery <\/strong>as <strong>per the Cauvery tribunal and Supreme Court order.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Which are the major tributaries of Kaveri River?<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s important tributaries joining from left are the Harangi, the Hemavati, the Shimsha, and the Arkavati, whereas the Lakshmantirtha, the Kabbani, the Suvarnavati, the Bhavani, the Noyil, and the Amaravati joins from right.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/ready-to-discuss-mekedatu-project-implementation-with-tamil-nadu-siddaramaiah-6215749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ready To Discuss Mekedatu Project Implementation With Tamil Nadu: Siddaramaiah<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mekedatu Project is a multi-purpose project proposed by Karnataka, which involves building a balancing reservoir near Kanakapura in Ramanagara district, Karnataka. 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