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Karnataka sees no need for taking action on Tamil Nadu plea

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka Chief Minister, Dharam Singh, has assured that the shortfall in the supply of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu will be made good very soon and there was, therefore, no need to take any action on the representations of Tamil Nadu at this stage.

Mr. Singh, who met the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, on Sunday evening, told him that "due to heavy rains in the catchment area, the shortfall is expected to be made good very soon. Hence, there is no need for taking any action on the representations of Tamil Nadu at this stage''.

The Chief Minister said that as per the interim orders of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal, the amount of water to be released to Tamil Nadu upto the end of July was 50.16 tmcft and of this 44.34 tmcft had been released so far and consequently, there was a shortfall of only 5.82 tmcft.

A note submitted to the Prime Minister at the meeting also noted that "through repeated representations, Tamil Nadu has been creating the misleading impressions that Karnataka had not been complying with the interim orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as a result of which the farmers in that State are unable to take up Kuruvai crops."

Mr. Dharam Singh was accompanied at the meeting by Karnataka State Pradesh Congress president and State Irrigation Minister, Mallikarjuna Kharge.

Later speaking to reporters, Mr. Kharge said that according to measurements made by the Central Water Commission at its monitoring station on Cauvery at Biligundulu on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, water was flowing from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu at the rate of 42,000 cusecs and at this rate, the shortfall would be made good within two days. The water position in Mettur and Bhavani reservoirs was better this year. The water level was eight feet more in the former and 12 feet more in the latter this year as of today, as compared to the position last year on the same date, he added.

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