With the Supreme Court refusing to intervene either in favour of Karnataka or Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery water dispute, PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday urged the Tamil Nadu government to grant a compensation of ₹40,000 an acre to the affected farmers.
“There are a thousand ways to exert political pressure on the Centre to direct the Karnataka government to release water to Tamil Nadu. But the Tamil Nadu government is not willing to explore them,” he said in a statement.