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Karnataka, TN lock horns over Mekedatu hydel power project

September 10, 2013

Minister_T_B_JayachandraBangalore, Sept 10: Seeking to counter Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Karnataka government today defended its proposal to build a reservoir across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu to generate hydro-electric power, saying it is in conformity with the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

"I had not said anything new. It's there (in conformity with) in the Order", Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters here, as he stuck to his recent statement.

"I am reiterating what's said in the tribunal order", he added, as he read out certain portions of the order to defend the proposal.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting his intervention, Jayalalithaa had taken exception to the proposal and wanted the Centre to instruct Karnataka not to take up any schemes in the Cauvery, including hydro-electric projects, without the prior consent of her State.

Jayachandra said he has brought it to the notice of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah vis-a-vis the proposed project and would take it to the Cabinet and apprise the legal position on the matter.

He said he would also discuss the issue with the legal team fighting the state's case on Cauvery river water sharing pending in Supreme Court and also "legal luminaries".

"What's wrong in going before the government of India and preparing the project", the Minister asked.

Jayalalithaa had urged the Prime Minister to advise the Ministry of Environment and Forests not to accord clearance to any projects of Karnataka in the river till the Cauvery Management Board is formed.

She said in the letter: "The proposed reservoirs near Mekedatu are new schemes [and] not contemplated in the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal," adding, as the Tribunal had prescribed the total quantity of water to be used for consumptive use, this proposal was "wholly illegal".

The move would affect the natural flow of the Cauvery river considerably and severely affect irrigation in Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister said, adding the proposal was causing alarm and apprehension.

Karnataka irrigation department officials have said the long-pending extension, renovation and modernisation projects of the Cauvery basin would be taken up for approval of the government of India, in conformity with the Cauvery award.

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February 11,2020

New Delhi, Feb 11 Congress's performance touched a record low in the Delhi Assembly election as the party bagged less than 5 per cent of the total votes polled and 63 of its candidates lost their deposits.

The party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years on the trot under former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, failed to open its account for the second consecutive assembly election in Delhi.

Only three of its candidates Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, Devender Yadav from Badli and Abhishek Dutt from Kasturba Nagar managed to save their deposits.

Security deposit of a candidate is forfeited if he/she fails to secure one-sixth of the total valid votes cast in a constituency.

Most of Congress candidates got less than 5 per cent of the total votes polled in their respective constituencies.

Delhi Congress chief Shubhash Chopra's daughter Shivani Chopra, who was the party candidate from Kalkaji, also could not save her deposit.

Former Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri's daughter Priyanka Singh also forfeited her deposit.

The party's campaign committee chairman Kirti Azad's wife, Poonam Azad, lost badly and stood fourth, polling only 2,604 (2.23) votes.

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New Delhi, Mar 29: The battle against coronavirus is a tough one and it required harsh decisions to keep India safe, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first Mann Ki Baat after the 21-day lockdown was imposed in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak.
"The battle against COVID-19 is a tough one and it did require such harsh decisions. It is important to keep the people of India safe. A disease must be dealt with at the very beginning as delay makes it incurable," said Prime Minister Modi.
He said that as the coronavirus has put the entire world in lockdown, so "India is doing the same."
"It is a challenge before everyone, science and knowledge, poor and rich, powerful and weak. It is neither restricted to a nation nor region or particular weather. This virus is bent upon killing human beings, eliminating them. Hence all of us, the entire humanity, must unite and resolve to eliminate it," he added.
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During his address to the nation on March 24, the Prime Minister had announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly virus. 

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