Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed the Water Resources Department officials to prioritise the welfare of Karnataka farmers from the Cauvery water.
Chairing a Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting in Mysuru on Monday, August 28, Mr. Siddaramaiah expressed his disapproval with the officials for adopting the “on and off” system, which entails release of water from the reservoirs to irrigation canals for 15 days while stopping the same for the next 15 days, in the absence of a “distress formula”.
Mr. Siddaramaiah’s remarks come after days of continued protests by farmers across Cauvery basin in Karnataka over release of water to Tamil Nadu amid their concerns over plummeting storage levels in the reservoirs.
