Observing that the State government appears to be not coming out with facts on the ‘Cauvery Calling’ project, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the government to explain how it was allowing Isha Foundation to claim that it is its project even after “accepting” the project report submitted by the foundation. The court said that the government has made contradictory statements as on one hand it has stated that it had accepted the project report submitted by Isha Foundation and on the other, it has contended that the government is neither sponsoring nor financing the project. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice E.S. Indiresh made these observations while hearing a PIL petition, filed by city-based advocate A.V. Amaranathan, who had raised several questions on the project particularly raising of donations from the public.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 16:30 UTC