Farmers' propaganda drive seeking Cauvery Board ends

A Kanyakumari to Chennai propaganda drive by farmers, urging the Centre to immediately set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB), culminated here today after campaigning across Tamil Nadu.
Kicked off on November 5 at Kanyakumari by veteran Congress leader Kumari Ananthan, the 'Van Propaganda' of farmers travelled through the key towns of Tamil Nadu and reached here today.
"The campaign is to urge the Centre to immediately set up the CMB. We condemn the Centre for its stance in the Supreme Court against setting up of the board," Tamil Nadu All Farmers' Federations president PR Pandian told PTI here.
He demanded a financial aid of "Rs 25,000 per acre for the Cauvery delta farmers who are in distress", a payout of Rs 5,000 per month for farm labourers and Rs 10 lakh to the families of those farmers who passed away recently.

One of the farmers allegedly committed suicide in Tiruvarur district and another one died in the same district in the recent past.
Pandian demanded the Centre to inter-link all the rivers and nationalise them beforehand.
He said lakes and all other water resources should be desilted and repair works carried out to the tanks and dams in the state.