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As per the DRP report submitted by the government, the total cost of the project will cost Rs 5,900 crore.
This project to build a balancing reservoir at Mekedatu across River Cauvery will not only help to store excess water generated in Cauvery basin in Karnataka but also produce electricity.
It may be recalled that the CWC, nodal agency of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, had cleared the pre-feasibility report submitted by the Karnataka government and asked the state to prepare the DPR.
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