Bengaluru: The Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir and Drinking Water Project happens to be Karnataka’s most ambitious dream project. And now it is back in the news after the Supreme Court’s order on 13 November 2025 rejected an important roadblock—Tamil Nadu’s opposition to the dam construction. It offers a brief relief for Karnataka.

The Court, in its order, has stated that the project is still in the Detailed Project Report stage and that the water authorities, including the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRA), and Central Water Commission (CWC), must examine it in detail before any proceedings. It called Tamil Nadu’s opposition plea ‘premature’.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar called the order ‘justice to the state’. Show Full

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