Farmers’ representatives in Tiruchi district have urged the State government to take steps to prevent Karnataka overnment from going ahead with its plans to construct a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River at Mekedatu.
Raising the issue at the monthly farmers grievances meeting here on Thursday, R. Subramanian, deputy secretary, Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Welfare Association, said that Tamil Nadu has to thwart Karnataka’s plan to build the dam as it could potentially turn the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu into a desert. The State government should pursue the matter with the Supreme Court with vigour to stop Karnataka from going ahead with its plans, he said.
Echoing his view Ayilai Siva Suriyan, district secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India, condemned the Cauvery Water Management Authority for taking up the proposal to discuss and referring it back to the Central Water Commission. He accused the CWMA of acting in favour of Karnataka.
