The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Karnataka Sugarcane Farmers Association have opposed any further release of water from the reservoirs to Tamil Nadu.
Taking exception to the directives of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to release water to Tamil Nadu at the rate of 5,000 cusecs per day for another 15 days, the farmers said there was a crisis brewing in the State due to rainfall deficiency.
Badagalpura Nagendra of KRRS said there was a drinking water crisis in the Cauvery basin of the State due to poor rains and hence, the State government should firmly reject the CWRC directives and dubbed it as ‘’unscientific’’. He said before making such regulations, the CWRC members should have visited the Cauvery basin in Karnataka to apprise itself of the ground reality. ‘’Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the State government should uphold the interest of Karnataka farmers,” he added.
