In response to questions from the media, he said, "I was also a water resources minister, and I am making this suggestion based on my experience in handling this ministry."
Farmers in Karnataka's Mandya are staging a protest a day after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) passed an interim order asking Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily for the next 15 days till September 2.
Amid the tussle between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery water, Karnataka Minister MB Patil has said that it is very difficult for Karnataka to give water for fifteen days to Tamil Nadu.
The Cauvery water issue has been a controversial issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades and they have been locked in a battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery River, which is a major source of irrigation and drinking water for millions of people in the region.
The Janata Dal (Secular) party’s state president CM Ibrahim on Monday targeted the newly elected Siddaramaiah-led Congress government over its inaction on the Cauvery water dispute and said that after the new government came into power, no action has been taken while a drought situation has
The matter has been a controversial issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades and they have been locked in battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery river, which is a major source of irrigation and drinking water for millions of people in the region.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha and Prashant Kumar Mishra asked CWMA, which is meeting on August 28, to decide release of water for the next fortnight in the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
“The primary responsibility for ensuring parity and justice for the state before the Cauvery Water Management Authority as well as the Supreme Court lies primarily before the state government,” Tejaswi Surya said while speaking to ANI.
The Karnataka government on Thursday filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water-sharing dispute opposing Tamil Nadu’s application for the release of 24,000 cusecs of water daily per day from the reservoirs in Karnataka.
Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, former Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, Lok Sabha MP Sumalatha Ambareesh and several other leaders are present at the meeting.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Annamalai on Tuesday lashed out at Karnataka Government over Cauvery water dispute and said the whole problem started after Congress came to power in Karnataka as they have created the problem for short-term political gains.
On August 21, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that it will constitute a bench to hear the case after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Tamil Nadu, sought an urgent hearing of the case.