Mysuru: Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru road was held up for over an hour this morning at Kalasthavadi on the outskirts of the city as about 250 farmers from Naganahalli, Palahalli, Lakshmipura and other villages resorted to a snap stir and blocked the busy road demanding water to canals. The Police were caught napping as the farmers…
Form human chain, demand water to canals Mandya: Demanding water to canals and lakes, about 100 farmers including women, under the aegis of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) laid siege to the office of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam (CNN) near Sanjay Circle here. They also sought stoppage of release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Earlier…
Kushalnagar: The four crest gates of Harangi Dam in Somwarpet Taluk of Kodagu district were opened this morning releasing water to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. The gates were opened at 11 am and 1,200 cusecs of water was released as the first instalment. Henceforth, the gates will be open as and when the…
Mandya: Demanding release of water to Cauvery canals and filling up of major water bodies in the district, farmers belonging to one faction of the KRRS staged a demonstration in front of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam (CNN) office here yesterday. Hundreds of farmers, who converged on the CNN office after arriving in a procession on bullock…
Mysuru: Continuous heavy rains in Kodagu district has led to the sudden rise of water levels at Krishna Raja Sagar, Harangi and Kabini dams. Many places in Kodagu district have been inundated as a result of five days of heavy rains. Today morning, however, the rains have given a break in Kodagu. Though it is…
Bengaluru: After three consecutive years of drought, the Cauvery Basin will witness one more year of distress. Weak monsoon so far has resulted in poor inflow into the four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin — Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, Kabini, Harangi and Hemavathi reservoirs. Added to the woes is the continuous release of water from…
Maddur: Taking a cue from the farmers who half-buried themselves in Maharashtra to draw the attention of the Government towards their problems in April this year, a group of farmers half-buried themselves in Maddur this morning protesting against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam. The protesting farmers,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday began its final hearing on the appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of water. The Tribunal was set up in 1991. In 2007, it ordered the allocation of 419 tmcft of Cauvery water to…
Mandya: Mandya Police headed by SP G. Radhika conducted a flag march on the main thoroughfares of the city this morning to warn the agitators of stringent action in case of disrupting peace and harmony over River Cauvery issue. The Police have also been conducting meetings with the farmer leaders and pro-Kannada organisations at all…
Mysuru: Over 100 farmers came to city this morning from Srirangapatna to protest against the release of Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam to Tamil Nadu. The farmers, who staged a dharna in front of Cauvery Command Area Development Authority (CADA) office on Sayyaji Rao Road, shouted slogans against Mandya District In-charge Minister…
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