Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone for the long-awaited Rs. 1,334-crore Hogenakkal Water Supply Project in Dharmapuri on February 26, Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin said on Monday. On his arrival at the Chennai airport after a week-long tour of Japan to seek assistance from the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC), Mr. Stalin told reporters that the first proposals were made when Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was in power in 1997, but the scheme could not go ahead due to change of power in 2001.