Congress justifies Mekedatu drinking water project

A view of Mekedatu. | Photo Credit: File Photo Justifying the proposed Mekedatu drinking water project, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has said that the Supreme Court has already settled the legal position and that the proposed reservoir does not alter Karnataka’s legal obligation to Tamil Nadu with respect to releasing water.In response to actor Chethan Ahimsa’s letter to Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in which he has raised environmental concerns, Congress vice-president S.A. Hussain said that Bengaluru’s drinking water shortfall of 500 million litres daily is documented and not speculative. “Every large infrastructure project carries an environmental cost. The question before policy makers is not whether there is any impact but whether that impact is propor