‘Karnataka people made scapegoats to save I.N.D.I.A. bloc for upcoming Lok Sabha polls’ Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Congress-led Government in Karnataka of failure in handling the Cauvery water issue following the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in orders to release water to Tamil Nadu, Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa accused the Congress High Command of arm-twisting Karnataka…
Mandya Bandh Total
September 23, 2023Mandya: In a show of solidarity, the Cauvery heartland of Mandya and Maddur witnessed a complete shutdown this morning as farmers, activists and various pro-Kannada organisations united for a Bandh against the State Government’s move to comply with the orders to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The call for the Bandh was given by…
Cabinet to discuss Cauvery crisis today
September 22, 2023State to ask Cauvery Water Management Authority, Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to assess ground realities Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Cabinet will meet at 6 pm today at Vidhana Soudha to deliberate on the Cauvery water issue in light of ongoing protests, particularly in the Cauvery basin of the Old Mysuru region. These protests were sparked by…
Cauvery water sharing dispute: Karnataka challenges CWMA order in SC
September 20, 2023CM Siddharamaiah holds hectic parleys in Delhi; All-party MPs urged to stand by State Bengaluru/New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar held an important meeting with all the MPs from Karnataka in New Delhi this morning regarding the Cauvery River water sharing dispute wherein the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has…
MLA Srivatsa suggests all-party padayatra
September 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja BJP MLA T.S. Srivatsa has underscored the need for unity among leaders, transcending party affiliations, to address the ongoing Cauvery dispute. Speaking to media persons at the City BJP Office in Chamarajapuram this morning, MLA Srivatsa expressed concerns over the dwindling water supply, especially for drinking water purposes in the near future. He…
Unauthorised water sports in Cauvery River stopped
September 16, 2023Adventure sports company, 60 engineering students sent back to Mysuru after Police intervention Srirangapatna: Authorities from the Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Limited (CNNL) swiftly intervened to halt an unauthorised adventure activity taking place in the Cauvery River yesterday morning. Over 60 engineering college students from Mysuru had participated in this event. CNNL officials informed the Police…
Cauvery Row: CM holds meeting
September 13, 2023Bengaluru: The special emergency meeting called by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah began at Vidhana Soudha this noon to discuss steps to be taken after Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) direction that Karnataka release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. Dy. CM D.K. Shivakumar, Ministers of Cauvery basin region, MPs and…
Implementation of Mekedatu Project only solution to end Cauvery row: Former Minister
September 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that implementation of Mekedatu Project across Cauvery River along Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border seems to be the only long-lasting solution for the decades-old Cauvery water sharing row between the two riparian States, former Minister P.G.R. Sindhia said that the Karnataka Government should make serious efforts to execute Mekedatu Project. He was speaking at the…
Water release from KRS Dam: No boating at Ranganathittu
August 19, 2023KRS Reservoir level drops to 107.66 ft on Aug. 19 from 113.28 ft on Aug. 9 Mysore/Mysuru: Boating activities have been temporarily suspended at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary starting from Aug. 15. This decision comes as a response to the significant release of a large volume of water into the Cauvery River from the Krishna Raja…
Farmers lay siege to KRS Dam in protest against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
August 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Government’s action of releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, hundreds of farmers under the leadership of KRRS leader and Melukote MLA Darshan Puttannaiah laid siege to KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district yesterday. Terming the Government’s action of releasing water from KRS Reservoir to Tamil Nadu at a time…
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