PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday strongly condemned Karnataka government’s refusal to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and described the attitude of Karnataka as totally violating the spirit of federalism.
He told journalists in Cuddalore, the Centre should immediately intervene and ensure Karnataka released water to Tamil Nadu as fixed by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)). While Karnataka had conducted two meetings with representatives of all parties on the Cauvery issue in the last two weeks, the Tamil Nadu government had not conducted any such meeting in the last six months.
He felt Chief Minister M.K. Stalin should leave for Karnataka and prevail upon his counterpart there to release water from the Cauvery to save the Kuruvai crop in the State. Farmers in Tamil Nadu are struggling to save standing crops cultivated on over 2 lakh acres in the Delta region, he said.
