Ensure that Karnataka complies with SC judgment on Cavuery waters, farmers’ group urges Vijay
The Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee has called on the Tamilaga Vettri Kaazhagam government to ensure Karnataka adheres to the Supreme Court's ruling on the Cauvery water dispute. They are urging the Tamil Nadu government to take decisive action to protect the state's water interests and to file a review petition regarding water allocation. Additionally, the committee has requested the withdrawal of proposals for industrial estates that could undermine agricultural objectives in the region.
- ▪The Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee is urging compliance with the Supreme Court's final award on Cauvery waters.
- ▪The committee wants Tamil Nadu to file a review petition to reduce the water allocation to Tamil Nadu.
- ▪They have called for the formation of an expert committee to inspect dams in Karnataka.
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The Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee has exhorted the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kaazhagam government to ensure that Karnataka complies with the final award given by the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water dispute.Committee coordinator P. Maniarasan told The Hindu in Thanjavur on May 21 that the Cauvery River Protection Committee in Karnataka, headed by the retired Supreme Court Judge V. Gopala Gowda, convened a meeting on May 9 this year and had passed a resolution urging the Karnataka government to file a review petition in the Supreme Court.Claiming that the allocation of 177.25 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu was on the higher side, the CRPC wanted their State government to file a review petition seeking reduction of the allocation to Tamil Nadu.Stating that the failure on the part of…
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