The former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai led a delegation of BJP leaders to KRS reservoir near here to examine the “ground situation” and appealed to the State government to immediately stop releasing water to Tamil Nadu.
Speaking to reporters after inspecting the water level in KRS reservoir, Mr. Bommai accused the Congress government of making no effort protect the interests of the farmers of Cauvery basin by arguing its case properly before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
Expressing concern over the depleted water level in the reservoir, Mr. Bommai warned the government that people of the State may face a shortage of drinking water in the coming days if water is continued to be released to Tamil Nadu. He alleged that the water released from Karnataka was to irrigate “illegally grown kuruvai crop in Tamil Nadu”.
