Overview
- Tamil Nadu’s legislature adopted the unanimous resolution on June 19, urging the Union government and the Central Water Commission not to grant technical or environmental clearances for Karnataka’s Mekedatu Detailed Project Report.
- The resolution incorporates an amendment asking the Centre to constitute a fresh tribunal under the Inter‑State River Water Disputes Act to adjudicate the Mekedatu dispute and to treat it as a new, separate matter.
- Karnataka says it has submitted the DPR for expert review to Cauvery bodies, notes the Supreme Court declined to block the plan, and maintains the reservoir will use only the state’s allocated Cauvery share while offering to hold bilateral talks.
- The project as proposed sits at the Cauvery–Arkavathi confluence in Ramanagara district, aims to supply about 4.75 TMC of drinking water to Bengaluru, generate roughly 400 MW, and carries an estimated cost near Rs 9,000 crore.
- The feud has shifted from courtroom injunctions to administrative and political channels with Karnataka pressing technical review processes and Tamil Nadu pressing the Centre for intervention, raising the risk of wider political fallout between the two states.