A delegation of farmers from Karnataka led by Kurubur Shanthakumar of the Karnataka Jala Samrakshana Samithi met the Chairman of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) S.K. Haldar and Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekawat and expressed their opposition to the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at a time when Karnataka was reeling under drought.
The samithi members met Mr. Haldar in his office in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum complaining about the alleged injustice meted out to Karnataka over the CWMA’s decision to release water to Tamil Nadu.
The members of the delegation explained the distress faced by farmers on account of poor rainfall in Karnataka.
