Bangalore: A team of central government officials arrived here on Thursday to assess water availability in the Cauvery river and Karnataka's requirement in the wake of intensifying agitation against the release of water to Tamil Nadu. The team would on Friday visit Cauvery basin district of Mandya, about 80 km from here, where the Krishnaraja Sagar dam, from which 9,000 cusecs of water is being released to Tamil Nadu daily, is located.
The team's assessment would help the Cauvery River Authority, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, to decide whether to accept Karnataka's plea to allow it to stop the release of water to Tamil Nadu. Karnataka has been releasing 9,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu from last Saturday on the directive of the Supreme Court. The directive came after Karnataka declined to accept the Sep 19 Cauvery River Authority order to release water from Sep 20 to Oct 15.
Mandya is the epicentre of protests against the release of water. Farmers in the district launched relay hunger-strike on Thursday, a day after their attempt to lay siege to Krishnaraja Sagar dam was foiled by the police. Demonstrations continued for the fifth day in Mandya and neighbouring Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts and also in Bangalore where a group of farmers tried to 'gherao' (lay siege to) Raj Bhavan, the governor's residence, in the city centre. Road traffic between Bangalore and Mysore was disrupted for several hours for the fifth day on Thursday.
All political
05:55 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre is to send a seven-member team to the violence affected districts of Assam on Tuesday. The team will be in the region for three days to assist the state government in its rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Nearly 76 people were killed and over five lakh rendered homeless in the week-long violence between Bodo tribal groups and Muslims in the lower regions of Assam, including Kokrajhar, Chirang...
08:39 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: A central team of officials will pay a three-day visit to Assam from on Tuesday to assist the state administration in the rehabilitation of over 2 lakh people living in relief camps after recent ethnic violence, it was announced on Monday. The team of senior central govenment officials will also assess further requirements for the rehabilitation of those living in the relief camps, said a home ministry statement....
01:20 AM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will on Wednesday begin his 3-day tour of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan - the country's four worst drought-affected states. Pawar will lead a team to drought-affected areas in the four states, during August 1-3 to assess the rain deficit and water scarcity situation. The Agriculture Minister will first visit Maharashtra on Wednesday and later Karnataka on Thursday. He will also hold meetings in...
06:43 AM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will lead a team to drought-affected areas in four states Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan - during August 1-3 to assess the rain deficit and water scarcity situation. "The meeting will be held with the Chief Ministers of the affected states and will review the rainfall deficiency and its impact on kharif crops, water and fodder availability," a senior Agriculture Ministry official said. The...
11:31 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday constituted an inter-ministerial team to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the wake of the 'Thane' cyclone. The delegation led by the Home Ministry will consist of representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Fisheries), Drinking Water, Finance, Health, Power, Road Transport and Highways, Rural Development, Water Resources and Planning Commission. An official release...
09:54 AM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Centre on Thursday constituted an inter-ministerial team to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the wake of the 'Thane' cyclone. The delegation led by the Home Ministry will consist of representatives from the the Ministries of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Fisheries), Drinking Water, Finance, Health, Power, Road Transport and Highways, Rural Development, Water Resources and Planning Commission. An official release...
10:10 PM, Jan 05, 2012
