CM Yediyurappa to hold meeting on Mekedatu project on May 27
The Hindu
NGT had appointed panel to look into allegations of unauthorised construction activity
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will hold a meeting on May 27 to decide the future legal action in the wake of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone, appointing a joint committee to look into allegations of unauthorised construction activity taking place in Mekedatu, where the State had proposed to construct a dam across the Cauvery. Home, Law and Parliamentary Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters that the NGT, acting suo motu based on a media report, had appointed a joint committee. It directed the panel to submit a report on or before July 5.
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