Mekedatu: The Shimshapura Power Generating Station (Shimsha Power Plant or Sir K. Seshadri Iyer Power Station) that has been continuously supplying electricity to Bengaluru and other parts of the State for the last 80 years, is facing the threat of submersion if the ambitious Mekedatu project is implemented.
The Power Station was set up by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1939 and the Station functions in its full capacity even today. It is the first hydroelectric Power Station in Asia to start generation and is located at hilly regions in Shivanasamudra, near Malavalli.
