Farmers belonging to Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) led by Badagalpura Nagendra launched a protest near the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) on Wednesday to protest the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu.
The State complied with the directives of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to release water at the rate of 5,000 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days and the discharge began on Tuesday night.
Taking exception to the State government’s move the KRRS said that Karnataka and the core areas of the Cauvery basin was reeling under severe drought and the current storage position was barely sufficient to meet the drinking water requirements of the region.