Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar visited Delhi on November 07 to meet advocates in connection with the Cauvery River Water Dispute. Speaking about the same, he said that the matter would be discussed with the senior team.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has said that they may start an agitation against the state releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Cauvery River water dispute meeting: Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the state is not in a position to release water to its adjacent state, Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court order.
Approximately 80,000 acres of land in the Thiruvarur district have been planted with paddy crops, and farmers fear that the diminishing water levels could jeopardize their livelihoods.
Karnataka former Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai has asked the Congress-led state government to approach the Supreme Court in the Cauvery river water matter with Tamil Nadu and fight the issue legally.
DK Shivakumar, who was addressing an all-party meeting to discuss the issues of Cauvery, Mahadayi and Mekedatu projects, said that politics should not be done on matters such as irrigation as the state is facing a drought-like situation.
The reason is they have released water due to their 'ghamandia' ally DMK. The Congress has done to save its coalition. The DMK has a track record of pressuring the Congress and the Congress has a history of responding to it, the BJP leader said.
The apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the counsel for Tamil Nadu to file a proper application in this regard and assured that it would hear the matter.
Karnataka today said that it will not release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Supreme Court because the state itself is facing a shortage of drinking water.
The Supreme Court has asked Karnataka government to stop defying its orders and to confirm the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu by 2 PM tomorrow (Tuesday). Meanwhile, the central government has also challenged
New Delhi: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu yesterday sparred over Cauvery water sharing issue with the former objecting to the latter's claim to release more water for the next two months.At the meeting of the Cauvery
Bangalore, June 3: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday said the state could not release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as reservoirs across the river basin were nearly dry following severe drought."As water levels in all
Belgaum, Dec 10 : Karnataka has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from late Sunday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here Monday.The water had to be released, though the state was suffering drought,
Bangalore, Dec 7: Bowing to the Supreme Court's directive, Karnataka has begun releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, thus avoiding contempt of court. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar thereafter flew to New Delhi Friday morning
New Delhi, Oct 8 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday ruled out a review of the Cauvery River Authority's decision asking Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu till October
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