Karnataka on Sunday decided to release Cauvery water at the rate of 8,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu following a direction from the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee ; the panel had directed that the State release 1 tmcft of water. Karnataka had so far released 5 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu this season, he said, adding: “In the normal …
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, on Wednesday, assured farmers of the Cauvery delta that the State government would make all efforts to ensure that they were not affected in any way. Answering questions of journalists on the reported refusal of the Karnataka government to comply with the latest decision of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to release 5,000 cubic …
Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Cauvery Command Area Development Authority urging the Karnataka Government to protect farmers’ interest. The farmers, led by KRRS leader Badagalpura Nagendra, protested against the directive of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to Karnataka to release water at the rate of 5,000 cusecs per day …
