According to NDTV, Siddaramaiah said implementing the order would be “difficult, since we do not have water”.
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In addition, 40 platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, 30 City Armed Reserve platoons, six Rapid Action Force squads, three companies of the Seema Suraksha Dal, three Border Security Force platoons and one company each of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police are deployed in the city.
However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular) have chose to boycott the meeting, said a report.
The apex court today repeatedly asked additional solicitor general Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, why the board had not been constituted although the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, while passing the award in 2007, had directed setting it up.
He also directed the state police to conduct flag marches around sensitive areas and also appealled to pro-Kannada activists, farmers’ associations to maintain peace.
Siddaramaiah has said the state cabinet has requested governor VR Vala to convene both the Houses on Friday to further discuss the matter.
Sporadic protests have continued in the river basin districts, especially Mandya, the epicentre of the Cauvery agitation since morning, where the agitators have blocked Bengaluru-Mysuru road at various places.
The Kerala State RTC has cancelled Tuesday’s services to Kerala in view of the possible escalation of tension between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in view of the Cauvery issue coming up for hearing in the Supreme Court. We are aggrieved by the order of the committee. Home Minister G Parameshwara called the SC verdict a blow to Karnataka and a clear injustice to the State. Government is committed to protecting the interest of the state, its people and its farmers.
The Karnataka government Wednesday night chose to defer release of 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till September 23, when a special session of the state legislature would take a decision on the Supreme Court direction. Water Resources Minister promised us to study the Supreme Court order and discuss it with officials.
He also held the state government singularly responsible for this “disastrous consequence”.
The former Chief Minister also advised the party’s opposition leaders Jagdish Shettar (assembly) and K.E. Eshwarappa (council), Union Ministers Ananth Kumar and D.V. Sadananda Gowda and party’s lawmakers in Parliament to stay away from the meeting since the ruling Congress had “not considered” their many suggestions on the raging issue.
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“.judgement needs to be appealed to a fuller bench”.
