• The stage appears set for a summer of discontent yet again, as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are heading for a political confrontation over the Mekedatu drinking water project across river Cauvery.
  • Originally mooted in 1948, Mekedatu (which translates as Goat’s crossing) is a drinking water cum power generation project across river Cauvery.
  • Karnataka has argued that since the the project falls inside its own jurisdictional limit, Tamil Nadu’s permission is not needed.