AAP starts signature drive over Mekedatu demand

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) Karnataka unit on Saturday initiated a campaign to gather signatures on their letter demanding the implementation of the Mekedatu project.

The letter would be sent to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mekedatu, Kannada for “goat’s leap” is a multi-purpose project wherein a balancing reservoir would be built near the gorge which is home to the confluence of Cauvery and Arkavathi rivers in Ramanagara district bordering Chamarajanagar district.

The project would provide 4.75 Thousand Million Cubic Feet (TMC) of drinking water to Bengaluru and generate 400 MegaWatt of power. The campaign was launched at the AAP’s Vasant Nagar office.

Party state vice president Mohan Dasari, who argued that the Mekedatu project was essential to meet the drinking water needs of Bengaluru city’s residents.