Responding toKarnatakachief ministerB S Yediyurappas letter urging not to oppose the Mekedatu dam project, Naduchief minister M KStalinreiterated that the project was against the interests of Tamil Nadus farmers and requested him not to pursue the project.
The view that Mekedatu dam will not affect the interests of Tamil Nadu cannot be agreed upon as it would hinder the flow of water from catchments areas below Kabini and Krishnarajasagar da, Stalin told Yeddiyurappa.
He said the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal later modified by The Supreme Court, clearly identified the three components contributing the annual quantum of water to be delivered to TN. “The proposed Mekedatu dam would impound and divert the first component of uncontrolled flows due to Tamil Nadu, which is from the uncontrolled catchment areas downstream Kabini reservoir and catchment areas below Krishnarajasahar dam and uncontrolled flows from Simsha, Arkavatahy and Suvernavathy sub basins, Stalin said.
Stalin noted that constructing a major reservoir at Mekedatu which is too far away from Bengaluru to meet the drinking water requirements of the metropolis does not Sound valid.