New Delhi: The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has rejected the petition filed by Tamil Nadu challenging Karnataka government’s project to construct the Mekedaatu Reservoir.

Karnataka government has planned to build the reservoir to provide drinking water to Bengaluru and also to generate hydroelectric power. The reservoir, which will be 99 metres tall and 735 metres long, is expected to have a capacity to hold 66,000 tmc of water. Of this, 4 tmc of water will be supplied to Bengaluru for consumption.

The project is being undertaken at an expenditure of approximately Rs 14,000 crore and the reservoir will stand on 5,000 hectares of land.

The Tamil Nadu government had taken objection to the implementation of the project, saying it will affect the water s

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