{
  "id": 15144913,
  "title": "Karnataka Chief Minister announces funds for Mekedatu project in next budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/karnataka-chief-minister-announces-funds-for-mekedatu-project-in-next",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T07:06:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-chief-minister-announces-funds-for-mekedatu-project-in-next-budget/article71595613.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Karnataka's Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has revealed plans to allocate funds for the Mekedatu project in the upcoming budget. The project involves the construction of a balancing reservoir along the Cauvery River. A committee, chaired by the Deputy Commissioner, has been established to arrange alternative land for the 5,000 hectares of Forest Department land that will be submerged.",
  "summary": "A committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner has been constituted to make arrangements for providing alternative land for the 5,000 hectares belonging to the Forest Department that will be submerged in the project",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}