Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, on Wednesday, assured farmers of the Cauvery delta that the State government would make all efforts to ensure that they were not affected in any way.
Answering questions of journalists on the reported refusal of the Karnataka government to comply with the latest decision of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to release 5,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) to Tamil Nadu, the Minister said, “We will definitely secure relief [for the farmers].”
Pointing out that the formal response of the Karnataka government to the CWRC’s direction had to be observed, Mr. Duraimurugan said, “The last resort [for us] is to go to the Supreme Court, where the case [on the Cauvery issue] is coming up for hearing on September 21. By then, we will know their stand.”
