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Mekedatu: Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin urges PM Narendra Modi to restrain Cauvery water management authority

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to restrain the Cauvery water management authority from discussing Karnataka's Mekedatu project proposal in its meeting on June 17. Writing to Modi, Stalin said the scope of the CWMA is limited to implementing the Supreme Court's…

The Times of India

Storage in Cauvery basin dams above 50% of gross capacity

This is mainly due to the pre-monsoon showers coupled with cyclone-induced rains in May

The Hindu

For fourth successive year, T.N. gets excess Cauvery water

The State received about 281 tmc ft between June 2021 and May 2022

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Entry of tourists banned in Hogenakkal as Cauvery inflow crosses 16,000 cusecs

Rain in Karnataka cited as the reason for the increased inflow

The Hindu

Nod for Cauvery Authority to discuss Mekedatu

It has scheduled its meeting on June 17

The Hindu

Dhinakaran complains of shoddy execution of silt removal from channels in Cauvery delta

AMMK leader urges the State government to hold discussions with teachers boycotting evaluation of answer scripts

The Hindu

Dam over troubled waters: Why the Mekedatu water project continues to divide Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

As Karnataka takes further steps towards the realisation of the Mekedatu dam, here is a look at the issue that has been a bone of contention between the two riparian States that have also historically fought over the sharing of Cauvery water

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Stalin to visit Cauvery delta region on May 30-31

He will tour Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruchi and Tiruvarur districts

The Hindu

Let the river run through

This year, the Mettur dam has been opened in May for the first time since Independence. The Cauvery is already flowing into the delta region and experts insist that the farmers and the authorities must ensure a judicious use of water to ensure a good harvest

The Hindu

Mettur dam sees a 60-year record inflow of over 47,000 cusecs in May

The level increased from 112.77 feet at 8 a.m to 113.66 feet at 4 p.m. Friday; discharge into Cauvery maintained at 1,500 cusecs

The Hindu

Deve Gowda’s recommendation to continue Cauvery Neeravari Nigam MD after retirement raises eyebrows

The former Prime Minister has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai

The Hindu

Industries affecting agriculture won’t be allowed in Cauvery delta, says Stalin

Govt. keen on protecting interests of the farmers, says the Chief Minister

The Hindu

When an Adi Dravida hostel functioned in an agraharam

Government ran the facility in the 1970s, before shifting it to a new building

The Hindu

Trichy: Boy drowns in Cauvery at Mukkombu

TRICHY: A 14-year-old boy who has been missing since Thursday was found to have drowned in the Cauvery river after his body was recovered at Mukkombu barrage in Trichy on Friday. N Jayaraj of Periyakadai street, a Class IX student of ER higher secondary school, left home for school on…

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In Frames | Mind over Mekedatu

Activists are worried over a proposed dam project across the Cauvery

The Times of India

Microplastics in Cauvery may be harming fish, says IISc

BENGALURU: Pollutants like microplastics present in the Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir (Mandya district) may be causing growth defects in fish, including skeletal deformities, in the Cauvery river, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on pollution in the dam and potential effects on fish.

The Hindu

Microplastics in Cauvery river may be harming fish: IISc. study

The researchers are now trying to understand how microplastics enter and affect the host

The Hindu

University of Mysore to invest in pipeline for Cauvery water

The Manasagangotri campus in Mysuru faces a scarcity during summer and relies on water tankers for cater to the needs of hostels, departments and other facilities

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The controversy over the proposed Mekedatu water project

Why is the drinking water project a source of confrontation? Why are both parties unable to come to a settlement?

The Hindu

Cauvery water issue being used as ‘political pawn’ by TN: Bommai

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Will decide on adopting resolution against Mekedatu dam proposal in Assembly, says Duraimurugan

Minister for Water Resources Duraimurugan on Tuesday said the Tamil Nadu government will decide, depending on the situation, whether to adopt a resolution in the Assembly to prevent the Karnataka government from constructing a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu.

The Hindu

Bear with us for three days so you get Cauvery water for 50 years, DKS tells Bengalureans

He accuses police of being biased against Congress

The Times of India

River linking: Centre agrees to Telangana hydrology study demand

HYDERABAD: The plan to link Godavari-Cauvery rivers will be confined to unutilised water in Chhattisgarh for now.

The Hindu

Assess surplus water in Godavari before interlinking with Cauvery: TS

AP suggests Centre to take up G-C linking from Polavaram

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu urges Cauvery panel to ensure water release by Karnataka

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has urged the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to ensure that Karnataka releases Cauvery water to TN as per schedule this year.

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