Bengaluru: Amid a war of words between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP and JD(S) over the current release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu even as Karnataka is experiencing a poor monsoon, the All-Party Meeting convened by the Government to discuss all Inter-State water disputes pertaining to Karnataka, began at Vidhana Soudha in…
Mandya: Opposing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, over 150 farmers staged a protest in the town and even tried to block the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway this noon. But the Police, who prevented the farmers from entering the Expressway, took the farmers into custody as a precautionary measure. The farmers, who arrived in bullock…
Mandya: Condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, hundreds of farmers will stage a hunger strike in front of Sir M. Visveswaraya statue in the town tomorrow (Aug. 23). Addressing a press meet in the town recently, Bharathiya Kisan Sangha’s South Rkarnataka Region General Secretary Hadya Ramesh Babu said that there was less…
Mandya: Denouncing the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini Dams despite the prevailing water scarcity in the region, a gathering of over 500 BJP activists, including MPs, MLAs and various individuals, staged a protest in Mandya this morning. Forgoing the earlier planned location of Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway,…
Karnataka RajyaRaitha Sangha calls for Highway bandh on Aug. 22 Mandya: Brace up for a significant blockade of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway on both Aug. 21 (Monday) and Aug. 22 (Tuesday), as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Karnataka RajyaRaitha Sangha (parent organisation) have declared a bandh to protest against the Congress Government’s decision to release…
CM scheduled to visit treatment plant today to avert water crisis Mandya: Cauvery water supply to Bengaluru was disrupted this morning as the main water treatment plant at Tore Kadanahalli (T.K. Halli) in Malavalli taluk operated by the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWS&SB) was flooded due to heavy rain that has been lashing…
Srirangapatna: A drinking water pipeline burst open on KRS Road this morning and Cauvery water jumped up like a spring on the main road, drenching commuters, especially two-wheeler riders. The incident occurred on the stretch between Pump House and Mysuru city and the leak, with great force, happened on the main water supply pipe to…
Mysore/Mysuru: Announcing that the University of Mysore (UoM) will soon get Cauvery river water for drinking purpose, Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that the Varsity will take necessary measures in this regard. Prof. Hemantha Kumar was chairing the Fourth Academic Council Meeting at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus here yesterday. At the meeting, Faculty…
Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda said that measures have been taken to provide Cauvery water to Netajinagar, Nandini and Vasanthnagar Layouts coming under his Constituency. He was speaking after inaugurating the overhead water tank at Netajinagar on Monday. Pointing out that measures have been taken for sufficient water supplies to all layouts coming under Chamundeshwari…
Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directs Karnataka Chennai: Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has directed Karnataka to release Cauvery water due to Tamil Nadu based on availability of water in its basin reservoirs. Tamil Nadu has claimed that the CWRC has asked Karnataka to release 39.84 tmcft (Thousand Million Cubic Feet) of water but the Karnataka…
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