The Mandya District Farmers’ Struggle Committee has called for a bandh in the town on Saturday to oppose the release of Cauvery waters from the State reservoirs to Tamil Nadu.
Speaking on behalf of the struggle committee, farmers’ leader Sunanda Jayaram told reporters in Mandya that the call for a dawn-to-dusk bandh had been given in the light of the Supreme Court’s refusal to interfere in the decision of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
“We are in no position to release 5,000 cusecs of water for another 15 days,” she said, referring to the CWMA decision. “Hence, we have given a call for Mandya bandh to bring pressure on the State government.”
