Mysore/Mysuru: Cauvery Action Committee has decided to take every associations and organisations of the district into confidence, before finalising the future course of action to save Cauvery water. At a meeting held in Jaladarshini Guest here on Sunday, the Committee also decided to meet again on next Saturday (Sept. 23) to work out the modalities…
Cauvery row: Protesting farmers detained
September 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: About 50 farmers were detained by the Police for staging a flash protest in front of KSRTC Sub-Urban Bus Stand, on Mother Teresa Road in the city this morning, opposing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Today morning, a total of 5,735 cusecs of water was let out from Krishna Raja Sagar…
Quiet flows Cauvery to TN, alleges MP Pratap Simha
September 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Despite the State Government’s stance that it cannot release Cauvery water from the KRS Reservoir to Tamil Nadu, complying with the directive of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to release 5,000 cusecs of water daily, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has alleged that water is still being released discreetly to the neighbouring State. “You…
Unable to release water to TN, Karnataka to move Cauvery Panel
September 14, 2023Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday said that the State will once again file a petition before the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), expressing its inability to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister, who held a ‘special emergency meeting’ yesterday at the Conference Hall of Vidhana Soudha, said the Government will consult its…
Farmers’ protests erupt in Mandya, Ramanagara
September 13, 2023Mandya: Farmers and residents of Mandya, who have been grappling with insufficient rainfall, have strongly opposed the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). The CWRC has suggested that Karnataka release 5,000 cubic feet of water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. Protests erupted in Mandya and Ramanagara immediately after the…
Cauvery water released to Tamil Nadu on CWMA’s direction: CM Siddharamaiah
September 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the State Government has released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu only to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) directions, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah lashed out at the BJP for playing politics over Cauvery dispute. Speaking to media persons at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli here upon his arrival this morning to take…
Release of Cauvery water: Former CM Bommai accuses Congress of failing to protect State’s interests
September 9, 2023Srirangapatna: Accusing the State Congress Government of failing to protect the interests of Karnataka in Cauvery row, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai alleged that the Congress has betrayed the State by releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at a time when the State was staring at drought. Speaking to presspersons after leading a BJP delegation…
Judge on leave: SC to hear Cauvery dispute on Sept. 21
September 6, 2023New Delhi: The Cauvery water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu came up for hearing in the Supreme Court (SC) this morning and the hearing has been postponed to Sept. 21. The hearing of the case was scheduled before a two-Judge Bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice P.S. Narasimha. Since fellow Judge Justice…
Cauvery protests intensify; JD(S) joins bandwagon
September 3, 2023Mandya: Strongly condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the JD(S) staged a massive protest in the Sugar Town of Mandya on Saturday urging the Government to immediately stop release of water and come to the rescue of Karnataka farmers. Hundreds of JD(S) workers, who gathered at Mandya’s Silver Jubilee Park, marched in…
KRRS stir on Sept. 5 to stop water release; seeks drought declaration
September 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) President Badagalapura Nagendra said that the KRRS will stage a stir in all district centres of the State on Sept. 5 to urge the Government for declaring the State as ‘Drought hit’ and to seek fulfillment of long pending farmer demands. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Nagendra urged…
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