State to approach Centre on Hogenakkal issue
Tamil Nadu urged to keep project in abeyance Government to take all-party delegation to Delhi State to explore legal options to stop project BANGALORE: The Karnataka Government has decided to write to the Union Government to direct Tamil Nadu to refrain from going ahead with the Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal drinking water project, as the Cauvery water sharing dispute is before the Supreme Court. The project is being taken up by Tamil Nadu to provide drinking water to Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts and is expected to be commissioned by 2012.