Explanation:

Mekedatu Project:

=> Originally mooted in 1948: Mekedatu is a drinking water cum power generation project across river Cauvery.

=> Location: Proposed by Karnataka, the project envisages a reservoir near Ontigondlu, about 1.5 km from Mekedatu in Ramanagara district of south Karnataka at the confluence of the Cauvery and Arkavathi rivers.

• It is 4 km from the Tamil Nadu border and 100 km from Bengaluru.