Karunanidhi urges Centre to convene Cauvery meeting

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsMaintaining that agriculture would be affected in Tamil Nadudue to lack of supply of water from Cauvery river by Karnataka, DMK President MKarunanidhi today appealed to the Centre to convene a meeting of the CauveryRiver Water Authority to discuss the issue at the earliest.Welcoming Tamil Nadu Government's move to file a petition inthe Supreme Court to convene the meeting, Karunanidhi said in a statement herethat "supply of 36.15 TMC of water, supposed to reach Mettur Dam in TamilNadu from Cauvery river till July 20, has not reached."In view of this only a minimal amount of water could bereleased from Mettur Dam from June 12 for three districts for irrigation, hesaid."45 per cent of irrigation in Tamil Nadu is being doneusing Cauvery water.", he said."Citing lack of monsoon rains, Karnataka is notsupplying Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and this may affect agriculture andeconomy of the state", he said.He slammed Karnataka for rejecting Supreme Court orders andinterim orders issued from the Cauvery Water Tribunal.Recalling Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's letter to PrimeMinister Manmohan Singh in May demanding that the Centre convene a meeting ofthe Cauvery River Authority to discuss the issue, Karunanidhi said, "Sofar the Centre has not taken any steps to conduct the meeting".Jayalalithaa had wrote a letter to Singh on May 18 chargingKarnataka with "unjustly utilising" the inter-state river water forsummer irrigation from February to May by depleting storage in its four majorreservoirs, affecting inflows into Tamil Nadu.On Tamil Nadu Government filing a petition in the SupremeCourt to convene the meeting, Karunanidhi said, "It was a welcome move".  first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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