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Supreme Court defers hearing on Mekadatu caseMullaperiyar dam was built in 1895 on the Periyar river in Idukki district of Kerala
Ashish Tripathi
DHNS
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Supreme Court of India. Credit: PTI Photo
Supreme Court of India. Credit: PTI Photo

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its hearing a plea related to the Mekadatu balancing reservoir project to January 25.

A bench presided over by Justice A M Khanwilkar adjourned the matter as it was pointed out the case was wrongly tagged with the Mullaperiyar dam case.

The council said the matter should be detagged and listed again.

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The court said the Mekadatu case would come up for hearing on January 25.

The Tamil Nadu government had filed several pleas, including one for a direction to the Central Water Commission to reject and return the detailed project report for the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir cum drinking water project filed by Karnataka on January 18, 2019.

In its application, the state government asked the court to restrain the Ministry of Environment and Forest and its agencies from entertaining any application for clearance relating to the Mekedatu project.

The planning of the Mekadatu project by Karnataka with a capacity of 67.16 TMC ft and generation of 400 MW power at a cost of about Rs 9000 crores is in gross violation of the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (Tribunal) of February 5, 2007, as affirmed by this court in its judgment on February 16, 2018, it said.

Tamil Nadu claimed that the project was located in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and a Reserve Forest.

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(Published 11 January 2022, 16:26 IST)