Mekedatu Dam Controversy: Can the Centre Balance Karnataka & Tamil Nadu?
The decades-old Cauvery water dispute is back in the spotlight, with the proposed Mekedatu dam triggering a fresh political and legal confrontation between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Centre told Parliament that the Supreme Court's 2018 judgment does not expressly require Karnataka to obtain Tamil Nadu's consent before constructing a new structure across the Cauvery.
