It allowed Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to file objections to Cauvery supervisory committee report in 3 days. As 64.70 TMC feet of water inflow to Tamil Nadu remained pending from Karnataka as on September 5 as per the Final Award of the Cauvery Tribunal, Tamil Nadu approached the Committee seeking a directive for the release of such deficit water, he said.
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The committee, which handles matters related to the river water dispute, received detailed presentations from all stakeholders and tried to thrash out a consensus but Tamil Nadu and Karnataka did not agree to a particular figure on the release of water. Siddaramaiah, who hails from the Cauvery basin district of Mysuru, has appraised the party high command of the “injustice” and discussed his plan not to implement the SC order.
Earlier, the committee had failed to arrive at any decision for want of adequate information to be made available by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The formation of the Cauvery Management Board has been a long pending demand in Tamil Nadu. It had asked them to provide the information by September 15. The apex court has now raised another 3,000 cusecs.
Even Opposition partied, including Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Tamil Nadu Congress, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), Left parties and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), supported the bandh called by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Since then, setting up of the Cauvery Management Board has been a vociferous demand in Tamil Nadu.
It also directed the Centre to produce before it on the next date of hearing, the notification indicating that CWMB has been constituted and said, if required, further direction can be passed by the apex court to the CWMB. Siddaramaiah has called for an all-party meet and cabinet meeting to discuss the decade-old issue and decide the next step.
At the all-party meeting, it was decided that a legislative session will be convened on September 23 at 11 am to deliberate on the matter. He has termed the verdict as most impractical, unscientific and grossly unfair.
The all-party meeting attended by the JDS led by the former prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and the Raitha Sangha, but was boycotted the BJP.
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“Since we do not have water, it is very hard to implement the apex court order”. Chief Minister has asked people to be peaceful and only hold peaceful protests. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Bangalore Political Action Committee (BPAC) in which Shaw is President and Mohandas Pai the Vice President, said the citizens of Bengaluru need adequate drinking water and their right to life needed to be protected by this court.
