Bengaluru, Nov 23 (LatestNewsX) – After the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Karnataka on the Mekedatu project, Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar explained how the state plans to move forward. He announced that an all‑party meeting would be arranged to brief party MPs and leaders about the apex court’s decision.
“We will take it forward. We will have to meet our leaders in Delhi, inform all our MPs, and call an all‑party meeting.”
Talking in Bengaluru on Saturday, Shivakumar said, “I will speak to the CM. We need all MPs. We have to see whether the meeting has to be called in Bengaluru or Delhi. The Parliament session is upcoming, me and the Chief Minister will meet and decide, and we will take a call.”
He added that the government will first assess the situation independently. “First, we will decide ourselves. If the delegation has to be taken to Delhi, it’s a matter of the state. We will invite all leaders of the BJP, such as the Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and the leaders of JD‑S. The Supreme Court has given the judgment and stated that it should be implemented expeditiously.”
“Therefore, from now on, our state will work with the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) and the Central Water Commission (CWC), and no cases are pending in the Supreme Court,” Shivakumar added.
He also confirmed that they had received the court’s ruling on the Mekedatu project earlier that day. “We received the court judgment copy on the Mekedatu project today. We will implement the project in the days to come. We need to call an all‑party meeting and take a delegation to Delhi. All issues need to be sorted out before the CWMA and CWC, and there is no question of going back to the court.”
In a related development, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Nadu that sought a stay on the permission for Karnataka’s preparation of a detailed report on the Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir‑cum‑Drinking Water project. The court ruled that no other state can interfere with a state’s water management decisions unless it directly reduces that state’s allotted share. Tamil Nadu had approached the apex court to halt the Central Water Commission’s 2018 authorization for Karnataka Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. to proceed with the project. mka/khz
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