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Cauvery Stir Intensifies in Karnataka, Govt Under Fire

  •   Wed, Oct 03 2012 08:14:10 PM

Mandya, Oct 3 (PTI) : Protests against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu escalated today when thousands of farmers attempted to lay siege to Krishna Raja Sagar and Kabini dams, demanding immediate closure of crest gates to stop the flow.

Defying prohibitory orders and breaking police cordon, the protesters rushed towards both dams from which the state is releasing 9,000 cusecs since Sunday, in compliance with a Supreme Court directive.

At KRS dam in Mandya district, some protesters jumped into the Cauvery river, resulting in injuries to two of them.



































The situation in and around KRS dam posed concern as thousands of farmers poured in. Some police personnel and protesters were injured in stone pelting and the resultant baton charge. Police struggled to control the swelling crowd.

Road traffic between Mysore-Bangalore remained disrupted for the fifth consecutive day due to road blockade by farmers.

District authorities today deployed Rapid Action Force (RAF) at KRS dam.

G Madegowda, chairman of Cauvery Hitarakshana Samithi, the body spearheading the stir, set a 6 PM deadline to the BJP government to stop water release.

"Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has betrayed farmers. We will continue the protest till this government is ousted," he said.

Raitha Sangha (Farmers association) leader Kurubur Shantahamurthy said farmers would lay a siege to Raj Bhavan tomorrow in Bangalore, seeking intervention of Governor H R Bhardwaj to stop the water release.

Earlier in the day, Congress MP H Vishwanath and others staged a protest at Kabini reservoir at H D Kote and JDS MP, N Cheluvarayaswamy at KRS dam.

Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar urged farmers to maintain peace and said the state would file a review petition before the Supreme Court either today or tomorrow, praying for a review of Cauvery River Authority directive.

The Karnataka government began releasing water after the Supreme Court asked it to abide by the September 19 directive of the Cauvery River Authority, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh till October 15.
  

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  • Human, India

    Fri, Oct 05 2012

    First respect the SC order. then put forth ur demands

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  • derrick sm, mangaluru

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    please please do not vote for congress..., karnataka also part of india

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  • rajesh, kuwait

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    WHERE IN NOW KARNATAKA CONGRESS CENTRAL MINISTER . OSCAR FERNANDIS, SM KRISHNA VEERAPPA MOILY, KHARGE...




    THESE CONGRESS MINISTERS NOW DEAF AND DUMB


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  • Joe Cardossa, mangalore

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    Its clear now Congress ministers in central have no voice or respect.Had they had one PM wouldnt have taken this decision. If PM had discussed with these ministers why didnt they protest?Only Ambarish from Congress seems to be leader of masses with genuine interest. Supreme court simply said to respect what PM said and thus release the water. Supreme court did not authorise to release the water on its own but it was pms instruction.

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  • mohan, mangalore

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    If jagadish Shettar wanted to protect water of Karnataka he shoulnt have boycotted the meeting held with prime minister.He should have protested the decision of PM then and there in the meeting. Both PM and Shettar are at fault.Bottom line is PM wanted to please Jayalalita and thats why he was in a hurry.

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  • Vincy, Bangkok

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    why dont you respect the SC verdict.

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  • Denis Cutinha, Merlapadavu, Via Adyar,Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    What a waste of precious time and man hours.This is one of the reasons for our country going to dogs.

    The Supreme court has passed orders.All have to follow those orders.By wasting time protesting what benefit does one get ? This is utter madness.

    Karnataka should open up all the crest gates this year so that TN ( Mettur / Salem )floods.Next year we wont have this problem.The next year Jayalalitha will say " please do not release KRS water " to TN !!

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  • Sunil , Mangalore

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    Dinesh Poojary, remember when Congress was ruling and there was Kavery problem, it was BJP who was agitating. So who plays politics? I think both the parties

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  • M.SHAMEEM ANSARI, BANGALORE

    Thu, Oct 04 2012

    SC has asked for water to be released.. Karnataka officials/politicians had enough time to put up their case before them.SC has done the job with legal bias. it is responsible of the officials, beuracrats, government of karnataka to explain the people.. since it is flowing from karnataka it is not right to say we will not give water. we all indians.. we should share the burdens equallly.. If the farmers in karanata is suffering so as the farmers in tamil nadu too..It is sad people are making this as a political issue Every Indian should follow supreme court's directions.

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  • peter, mlre

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    why this neeru vairi, neeru vairi. we must understand that the natural resources are for the benefit of humans and society. it has to be used for the good. when the nature and its resources are used and destroyed for selfish reasons(mines, forest etc) then there is no such cry. if the water is used for the benefit of farmers whats the cry for. we the citizens must learn to abide the laws and the rulings of the court. India is sufferings because of this attitude and corruption is not vanishing because we don't take the law seriously and abide by it. all this is for political gain. why the people fight for all this when there is a political interest let the politicians fight it out, let them fast they are for working for people instead of going abroad when there is drought let them have holiday in this water. farmres are dying, there is drought and no one makes any noise. any politician thinks of getting some water or any irrigation plans to the north part of Karnataka. it has huge fertile fields but barren. if some irrigation plans are made these fields can be cultivated thrice a year. com on those who are in this water catch the politicians to supply some water to north Karnataka. don't fight for this unreasonable issue.

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  • Rajesh K Hegde, Manglore

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Mr.Dinesh Poojary Kundapura.you are 100 percent wright.we cant expect from this scilent PM more than this

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Dinesh Poojary, cheats from your party never attended the meeting! Ask your lusty Dhanunjaya for his skipping meeting? Now blame central by not doing home work!! BJP has brought utter shame to Karnataka, your contribution of support is included!

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  • Ayes P, Mangalore/KSA

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Dinesh Poojary ,Kundapura/Bengaluru do not start blame game, ruling government (BJP) is responsible for this to release the water or not release the water whether they want to abide the directions of Supreme Court or not, if they can not handle the situation let them resign but don’t start blame game.

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  • Rehna, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Why only 4 Ministers even Manmohan singh should be thrown into the cauvery river only then he will be able to acess the quanity of water in the both the dams

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  • Dinesh Salian, Kudroli, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    The Karnataka Govt. should open all the gates at KRS in one shot .Let the water flood TN once. Next year onwards we won't have this trouble.

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  • Anitha D'souza, Pangla/Shankerpura

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Cauvery water crisis is a major problem,It was there,It is there,It will be there.It won't settle.Because of POLITICS.

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  • Kudladha Birse, Karnataka

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Whenever Jayalalitha becomes Chief Minister Water politics crops-up.
    This Lady is thirsty for water not only from Shetter of Karnataka but from Oomen Chandy of Kerala also.
    Jayalalitha was insisting water to Tamil Nadu.
    Supreme Court asked Jagdish Shetter to Release water.
    Hesitatingly Jagdish Shetter opened the shutter and released water in the night.
    Jayalalitha discontented/unsatisfied by the release of water in the night.
    Jagadish Shetter released water in the day time also.
    Unsatisfied by the release of water, Jayalalitha insisting water continuously day and night.
    Very thirsty Lady for Water from Shetter & from Ooman Chandy.

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  • Ayes P, Mangalore/KSA

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Kundapura/Bengaluru do not start blame game, ruling government (BJP) is responsible for this to release the water or not release the water whether they want to abide the directions of Supreme Court or not, if they can not handle the situation let them resign but don’t start blame game.

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  • Dr S Kamath , Mumbai

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    On one side Getting water from Kerala Dam and other side Karnataka side KRS Dam why cant TN Pay for say Diversion of Netravati atleast .Once again a part of TN will get water from this Netravati also as it will be diverted towards the Bay of Bengal

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Cavery stir may change entire political equations in Karnataka.It is unfair to give unilateral decision with out assessing the ground reality of CAVERY Bastion either by PM or SC.On the other hand,State Govt took it easy even though we are having drought most of the part of Karnataka, agreed to release water in SC on daily basis....Apart from that our legal approach some what lukewarm when TN's well known Lawyers taken it as very serious.

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Half the population of Tamil Nadu is living in Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka and using Cauvery water, now they are asking for more water depriving water for our farmers. With the weaker monsoon Karnataka is heading for a drought this year too.

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Wed, Oct 03 2012

    Karnataka is just overcoming severe drought. At this time release of water is a betrayal for our farmers. CM should immediately stop the water flow to TN.

    This is purely politics from congress since BJP is ruling in the state. Our 4 central ministers should be thrown to Kaveri River near Kabini reservoir. Let them go to TN.

    Silent PM hates Kannadigas and their interests. He was invited for tulu sammelana, kannada sammelana, metro inauguration etc etc. He skipped everything.

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