On September 16, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin said that this year, till September 14, his state should have received 103.5 tmc ft water. However, the state received only 38.4 tmc ft, a shortfall of 65.1 tmc ft, he added. Karnataka's alleged non-cooperation propelled farmers to resort to protests.
Palaniswami, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, alleged that the DMK was supporting the Congress government in Karnataka to safeguard the interests of its family members who have businesses there.
The Cauvery Water Management Authority ordered the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, leading to protests in Karnataka. Despite the Karnataka government's appeal to the Supreme Court, the court upheld the order, intensifying the protests.
The bench said expert bodies like the CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee have considered all relevant aspects like drought and deficit rainfall and passed the order and, therefore, it is not inclined to interfere with the order directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water.
Farmers in Mandya, Karnataka, have been protesting against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. They are expressing strong discontent with the state government's adherence to the directives of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the water-sharing of Cauvery for decades. The matter is under consideration of Supreme Court and there is a board (Cauvery Water Management Authority) to resolve the issue between the two states.
The Cauvery water dispute is over the sharing of water from the Cauvery River, which is a major river in South India. The dispute has been going on for decades and has led to several rounds of litigation.
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Sunday said eight Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu including the rice bowl, Thanjavur, will be categorised as a special protected agricultural zone and assured that permission will not be given for hydrocarbon projects.
Ramadoss said the project could be implemented with loans from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank.
The Union Water Resources Ministry on June 1 notified the Authority and the Committee as part of the scheme the apex court directed on May 18 for implementing the 2007 Cauvery Water Tribunal Award.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswamy has welcomed the constitution of a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) by the Centre and hailed it as a "grand victory for the "Amma (Jayalalithaa) government" and the state's farmers.
The top court by its February 16 judgment had asked the Centre to frame a scheme for the implementation of the tribunal award and its judgment. It had given the Centre six weeks time, that came to end on March 30, for this purpose.
During the hearing, Attorney General KK Venugopal Centre sought more time for setting up of the Board on the ground that PM Narendra Modi and other ministers are busy campaigning in Karnataka for the May 12 Assembly elections.
After leading anti-IPL protests in the backdrop of the Cauvery issue last week, pro-Tamil outfit Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) today warned of intensifying its agitation, including holding protests at the Marina here.
A 4,000 strong posse of policemen has been deployed for security for the CSK-KKR tie, amid intensified opposition over the Cauvery issue.
The top court pulled up the Centre for neither framing the scheme in six weeks nor approaching the court prior to the March 31 deadline to conveny that it had difficulties.
The Centre failed to set up the CMB within six weeks of the apex court's February 16 order. The deadline ended on March 29.
The arrival of the top two AIADMK leaders came as a surprise as the party had earlier said that barring them, all other leaders will take part in the fast.
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow its verdict on the decades-old Cauvery water dispute between riparian south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
The veteran actor Kamal Haasan praised actor Sathyaraj for expressing his regret over the his Cauvery crisis remarks. He also went on calling him a great human being.
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