Bengaluru: Following the recent Supreme Court order, the Siddaramaiah government issued an order on Friday to form a specialised team under the leadership of the Director of the Karnataka Engineering Research Station (KERS) to expedite the implementation of the controversial Mekedatu Balanced Reservoir Project.

According to the order, the team will include the Deputy Chief Engineer along with other supporting staff and will operate from Ramanagara in Bengaluru South district, which has been designated as the project’s central base.

The government has also confirmed that a dedicated Mekedatu Project office will be established in Ramanagara, the neighbouring city of Bengaluru.

Earlier, on November 18, in a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is also Water Resour

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