Mekedatu dam project: a long-standing source of friction between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

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Mekedatu dam project: a long-standing source of friction between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

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The Mekedatu dam project, proposed by the Karnataka government, aims to build a balancing reservoir to impound 67.16 TMC of water near Bengaluru. This project has long been a source of dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states in India.

The idea of the project proponent – the Karnataka government – is to impound 67.16 thousand million cubic ft (TMC) of water by building a balancing reservoir at Mekedatu (which, in Kannada, means ‘goat’s leap’), about 100 km from Bengaluru.

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