Cauvery Water Dispute

Cauvery water dispute: Tamil Nadu govt offers compensation to farmers

The official press further informed that CM opened the shutter from the Metro dam for Kuruvai cultivation in the delta zone on June 12 this year

Against the flow

Cauvery dispute highlights poor water management policies

AIADMK chief Palaniswami slams ruling DMK govt over Cauvery water issue

AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday lashed out at the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery river dispute and wondered if Chief Minister M K Stalin was concerned about the people of the state on the matter. The leader of opposition in the state assembly alleged that the DMK was "backing" the Congress government in Karnataka "with a view to ensure the businesses run by its family members" there should not be affected. The AIADMK general secretary also charged "puppet CM Stalin" with lacking any foresight, saying he released water from the Mettur Dam in Salem on June 12. Believing in the government's assurance, about 1.50 lakh farmers in the Cauvery delta region took up short-term 'kuruvai' crop over 5 lakh acres of land. But now, crops on 3.50 lakh acres have withered and the rest were being taken up with well-water irrigation, Palaniswami said in a statement here. "What should have the DMK government, which lacks efficient administration, done. It should have reduced

Bandh over Cauvery row disrupts normal life in Bengaluru and parts of state

The Karnataka bandh called by the 'Kannada Okkoota' to oppose release of water to Tamil Nadu received a good response in Bengaluru and other southern parts of the State on Friday, disrupting normal life. Authorities have clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code in Bengaluru Urban, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Ramanagara and Hassan districts, and declared a holiday for schools and colleges there. 'Kannada Okkoota' is an umbrella organsation of Kannada and farmers' outfits. A Bengaluru bandh was observed over the same reason on Tuesday. Most of the shops, business establishments and eateries in Cauvery basin districts such as Mandya in southern part of the State downed their shutters. Private vehicles were off the roads in those areas. The state-owned transport corporations operated very few buses in the southern districts fearing a backlash. The bandh evoked a mixed response in other regions of the State. Protestors set fire to a portrait of Tami

SC refuses to interfere with orders directing K'taka to release water to TN

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directing the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha and Prashant Kumar Mishra said it is not inclined to entertain the plea of Tamil Nadu in which it has challenged the decision of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) upholding the order of the Committee on grounds that it is facing a drought-like situation due to deficit in rainfall. The bench said expert bodies like the CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) have considered all relevant aspects like drought and deficit rainfall and passed the order and, therefore, it is not inclined to interfere with the order directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water.

SC to hear on Sept 6 Cauvery water-sharing dispute between K'taka, TN

Earlier, the Supreme Court had said that it doesn't possess any expertise on this issue and sought a report from the CWMA on the quantum of release made by Karnataka

What is the Cauvery water dispute, and why is it making headlines again?

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been locked in a decades-long battle over the sharing of water from the Cauvery River

24 AIADMK Lok Sabha MPs suspended for ruckus over Cauvery issue

The AIADMK has 37 members in Lok Sabha

Cauvery dispute: Water board asks Karnataka to release 31 tmcft water to TN

In case of Puducherry, the authority directed that the existing arrangement for the supply of water to Puducherry by Tamil Nadu will continue

Stalin, Kumaraswamy on same page over Cauvery; favour bilateral talks

Kumaraswamy said he favoured talks to solve the Cauvery issue amicably and assured his full cooperation to Tamil Nadu on the matter

Cauvery water row: SC okays Centre's draft management scheme; highlights

Differences between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on sharing of water in the Cauvery river have been in existence from the time of two agreements signed during period of British govt ruling the country

Cauvery management scheme: SC reserves order on Centre's draft plan

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said SC would issue order on Cauvery Management Board on Friday

Cauvery water sharing: SC says Centre in 'sheer contempt' of its direction

The apex court had earlier asked the Centre to formulate a scheme to ensure compliance of its judgement on the decades-old Cauvery dispute

Water released to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka tells Supreme Court

Karnataka counsel V.N.Raghupati said that Tamil Nadu has already been given water they were entitled to under the distress formula and that Tamil Nadu has been given more water then it was entitled to

Cauvery row: SC asks Karnataka to release 4 tmc of water to Tamil Nadu

The bench directed Karnataka to release 177.25 TMC of water, instead of the 192 TMC to Tamil Nadu

Cauvery issue: Pro-Tamil activists show PM Modi black flags, raise slogans

In view of the protests, traffic snarls were witnessed around the airport and in its surrounding areas

Supreme Court asks govt to file Cauvery management scheme by May 3

The court will decide the next step after receiving the draft scheme from the central government

Cauvery protests: SC tells Centre to draft CMB plan by May 3; 10 highlights

Actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, along with others, participated in a silent protest in Chennai over the Cauvery Management Board and Modi govt's callous attitude in handling Cauvery water dispute

Tamil Nadu bandh: Farmers bury themselves in sand in protest; 10 highlights

Opposition-sponsored Tamil Nadu bandh over Cauvery water dispute affected public life in Chennai, Puducherry, other parts of TN. Live updates

Protests over Cauvery Management Board bring life in Tamil Nadu to a halt

The traders' association said that around 2.1 million shops across the state will be shut today as part of the protest