Pro-Kannada organisation condemns recommendation of CWRC to release water to Tamil Nadu
Pro-Kannada activists in Karnataka are protesting against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's recommendation to release water to Tamil Nadu. The protesters argue that the state is facing a severe drought and cannot afford to share water resources.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing and sensitive interstate water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, which frequently triggers regional political tensions.
Hundreds of activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, a pro-Kannada organisation, have strongly condemned the recommendation made by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to release 3,500 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Karnataka every day and urged Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to interfere in the matter immediately and explain the inability to follow recommendation.
The activists led by Sharanu Gadduge, Uttar Karnataka president of the organisation, staged a protest at Subhashchandra Chowk in Yadgir city on Thursday. They also blocked the road for a while by forming a human chain to show solidarity against the CWRC’s recommendation.
Mr. Gadduge said that the committee’s recommendation is against the wishes of the Kannadigas. The State is reeling from severe drought and people from the Kaveri basin are struggling even for drinking water owing to shortage in water storage in the KRS dam.
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