Cauvery River

The Cauvery river water is polluted by a range of contaminants including pharmaceutically active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals and pesticides among many others, said a two-year IIT Madras study.

The researchers of the IIT Madras have found that the waters of river Cauvery are polluted by a range emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he is committed to resolve all the water disputes including the contentious Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery river, Mahadayi drinking water project.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai maintained that the state will get the Centre's approval and implement the Mekedatu drinking water project over the Cauvery river, notwithstanding any opposition from neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday said each riparian State depending on the Cauvery river should get their due share appropriately.

After Tamil Nadu, the AINRC-led NDA government in Puducherry has decided to oppose Karnataka's proposed dam on river Cauvery at Mekedatu, with Chief Minister N Rangasamy set to take up the issue with the Centre, official sources said on Wednesday.

The Mekedatu dam row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continued with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserting that work for the reservoir would start, while protests were staged in many parts of the Tamil state and Puducherry against the initiative.

Karnataka's plan of building a drinking water project on Cauvery river at Mekedatu has led to tensions with Tamil Nadu. Sharing of the river water has been a sore point between the neighbouring states for decades.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has convened a consultative meeting on July 12, of all parties with representation in the Assembly, to discuss the Mekedatu dam issue.

Karnataka will implement the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery, and people of the state should have no doubts about it, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserted on Tuesday.

It is a tradition in much of southern Karnataka to immerse the ashes of those who have been cremated in the river Cauvery.

The Karnataka government will not allow Tamil Nadu to use surplus water from the inter-state Cauvery river and will take strong measures to protect the state's interests, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Monday, amid concerns regarding river interlinking project being undertaken by neighbouring state.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday assured the State Assembly that the state government would not allow construction of a reservoir across river Cauvery at Mekedatu in Karnataka.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday urged the Centre to sanction a scheme for rejuvenation of river Cauvery which is estimated to cost about Rs 10,700 crore and take it up as a national project.

Heavy rains across several districts in Karnataka, especially areas near the coast, have led to water level rising in the rivers. The state government has opened the gates of a massive dam in Uttar Kannada district to release water and avoid flooding the banks of the Kalinadi and Kadra rivers.

The Cauvery river water is polluted by a range of contaminants including pharmaceutically active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals and pesticides among many others, said a two-year IIT Madras study.

The researchers of the IIT Madras have found that the waters of river Cauvery are polluted by a range emerging contaminants that include pharmaceutically-active compounds, personal care products, plastics, flame retardants, heavy metals, and pesticides, among many others.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he is committed to resolve all the water disputes including the contentious Mekedatu balancing reservoir across Cauvery river, Mahadayi drinking water project.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai maintained that the state will get the Centre's approval and implement the Mekedatu drinking water project over the Cauvery river, notwithstanding any opposition from neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday said each riparian State depending on the Cauvery river should get their due share appropriately.

After Tamil Nadu, the AINRC-led NDA government in Puducherry has decided to oppose Karnataka's proposed dam on river Cauvery at Mekedatu, with Chief Minister N Rangasamy set to take up the issue with the Centre, official sources said on Wednesday.

The Mekedatu dam row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continued with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserting that work for the reservoir would start, while protests were staged in many parts of the Tamil state and Puducherry against the initiative.

Karnataka's plan of building a drinking water project on Cauvery river at Mekedatu has led to tensions with Tamil Nadu. Sharing of the river water has been a sore point between the neighbouring states for decades.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has convened a consultative meeting on July 12, of all parties with representation in the Assembly, to discuss the Mekedatu dam issue.

Karnataka will implement the Mekedatu project across river Cauvery, and people of the state should have no doubts about it, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserted on Tuesday.

It is a tradition in much of southern Karnataka to immerse the ashes of those who have been cremated in the river Cauvery.

The Karnataka government will not allow Tamil Nadu to use surplus water from the inter-state Cauvery river and will take strong measures to protect the state's interests, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Monday, amid concerns regarding river interlinking project being undertaken by neighbouring state.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday assured the State Assembly that the state government would not allow construction of a reservoir across river Cauvery at Mekedatu in Karnataka.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday urged the Centre to sanction a scheme for rejuvenation of river Cauvery which is estimated to cost about Rs 10,700 crore and take it up as a national project.

Heavy rains across several districts in Karnataka, especially areas near the coast, have led to water level rising in the rivers. The state government has opened the gates of a massive dam in Uttar Kannada district to release water and avoid flooding the banks of the Kalinadi and Kadra rivers.