The TN Chief Minister responds to Yediyurappa, urging him to drop the proposed Mekedatu undertaking.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin on Sunday urged his Karnataka counterpart B S Yediyurappa to not pursue the Mekedatu undertaking, a day after the latter requested him to not oppose that initiative.
Rejecting Karnataka’s stand that implementation of this undertaking wouldn’t have an effect on the pursuits of Tamil Nadu farmers, Stalin, in a letter to Yediyurappa, mentioned that this view can’t be agreed upon and listed the explanations for it.
On Saturday, the Karnataka Chief Minister appealed to Stalin in a letter to not oppose the Mekedatu balancing reservoir-cum-drinking water undertaking and in addition proposed a bilateral assembly to clear apprehensions.
The Mekedatu undertaking would ”impound and divert” the uncontrolled water circulation resulting from Tamil Nadu from Kabini sub-basin, the catchment space beneath Krishnarajasahara, and in addition from Simcha, Arkavathy, and Suvernavathy sub-basins apart from different small streams, Stalin mentioned.
The uncontrolled water circulation is among the three parts contributing to the annual quantum of water to be delivered by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and this has been recognized within the Cauvery tribunal order as modified by the Supreme Courtroom.
”Due to this fact, the view that the implementation of Mekedatu undertaking wouldn’t have an effect on the pursuits of Tamil Nadus farming neighborhood can’t be agreed to by us.” On Yediyurappa referring to TN initiatives like two hydropower initiatives, Stalin mentioned comparability of Mekedatu undertaking meant for storing of 67.16 TMC water, with the 2 hydropower initiatives of Tamil Nadu wouldn’t be right.
There isn’t a consumption of water in these two hydropower initiatives, with the accessible water being re-circulated by pumping to fulfill peak energy demand.
Since there is no such thing as a further utilization created, each the initiatives don’t have an effect on the supply of water for irrigation or consuming utilization in Tamil Nadu.
”Therefore, I want to once more emphasize that the comparability of such qualitatively totally different initiatives is just not acceptable.” Whereas water drawl from the river for consuming water utilization in Bengaluru has been permitted by the courtroom, citing that as the rationale for establishing such a serious reservoir at Mekedatu, which is just too distant from Bengaluru metropolitan space doesn’t sound legitimate, he mentioned.
When Karnataka already has satisfactory infrastructure for drawing consuming water to fulfill the demand of Bengaluru even now, the justification of the necessity for a reservoir with a storage capability of 67.16 TMC to make the most of 4.75 TMC as consuming water is in no way acceptable.
”This might positively jeopardize the supply of water to Tamil Nadu.” Now that Tamil Nadu’s share has been mounted by the courtroom, the optimum ”utilization of our share hinges solely on environment friendly water use.” However sadly, the effectivity of irrigation within the Cauvery system in Tamil Nadu couldn’t be improved a lot since litigation was on for lengthy.
Many elderly constructions want modernization and enhancements to extend water use effectivity. Until these works are carried out, it will be unimaginable for us to fulfill the water demand on the fee of provide stipulated within the courtroom order.
”I request you to think about the above info and the sensitivity of those points and strongly urge you to not pursue the Mekedatu undertaking.
I want to convey my good needs to the individuals of Karnataka and earnestly hope that good co-operation and relationship would prevail between the 2 states.”
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