Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Aug 19: "Injustice is done to Karnataka in the Mahadayi river issue. The state has not got its fair share of the water. So we will seek advice from the legal experts to appeal on the verdict," said minister D K Shivakumar.

Expressing his views on the verdict, DKS further said, "The people of Karnataka have been betrayed. We had asked for a total of 34 TMC of water including 15 TMC of pure drinking water. However, we have got only 3.9 TMC for drinking purpose and 1.5 TMC for other purposes. In order to correct this injustice, we have to appeal to the Supreme Court or the tribunal. So we will have a discussion with the legal experts before taking further action.

"There is no politics with respect to the issue of Mahadayi. We have to fight in order to retain our rights over the Mahadayi water. It is not important to know how much water others have got in the verdict. Our priority is to set right the injustice meted out to us. It has come to my knowledge about Goa expressing dissatisfaction over the verdict. But I will not respond on that issue.

"Central minister Nitin Gadkari has called a meeting of irrigation ministers of all the states on August 20 to discuss the issue of interstate interlinking of rivers. During this meeting, the flood situation in the state, destruction due to rain and the water scarcity faced by people in the areas where there is no sufficient rain in the state will be brought to the attention of the central minister," he said.