Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said he has opened a dedicated Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir Division under the Water Resources Department and directed officials to begin work on the project, a day after the Supreme Court rejected Tamil Nadu’s plea against it.

Tamil Nadu has been opposing the Mekedatu project, fearing it will cut into its Cauvery water share.

Shivakumar, who also handles the Water Resources portfolio, said he met farmers to address concerns over land loss.

“Today I opened a new division on Mekedatu in the Water Resource Department, inaugurated its office, and decided to identify government land to exchange for the forest or revenue land that will go (submerged),” the Deputy Chief Minister said.

He was speaking at the launch of

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