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CPI concern over interim award implementation

Staff Reporter

COURTALLAM: Expressing concern over the inordinate delay in the implementation of the interim award given by the Cauvery River Water Authority (CRA), the Communist Party of India has warned that the national integration would be under threat if the Union and State Governments failed to resolve the dispute.

Speaking to reporters here on Friday on the sidelines of the CPI's state general council meeting, the state secretary of the party, T. Pandian, said the Centre should instruct the Karnataka Government to release water to Tamil Nadu in accordance with the CRA's interim award.

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa should initiate talks with her Karnataka counterpart besides meeting the Prime Minister.

"Though the major reservoirs of Karnataka including Krishnaraja Sagar and Kabini are almost full, only the surplus water is being released in a bid to protect the dams. Since the Central and State Governments have failed to act even after our 48-hour protest, the CPI will submit petition to the Prime Minister on July 25. If the Centre fails to do something to alleviate the suffering of the delta farmers, the CPI, with like-minded parties will intensify the stir," Mr. Pandian warned.

On the effluents discharged by 660 dyeing units of Tiruppur into the Oraththupalayam dam, he said the closure of the units would not be the right solution.

On the construction of a soft drink unit at Gangaikondan near Tirunelveli, Mr. Pandian said water as raw material should not be supplied to any industrial house, particularly, multi-national companies. "The CPI would stop the move to provide nine lakh litres of Thamirabarani water a day to prepare Coca-Cola's brands."

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' decision to impose ban on the sale of common salt would "hit the small salt manufacturers," he said.

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