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J. Jayalalithaa.
Chennai: A day after she urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to restrain Karnataka from going ahead with its hydro power projects in Cauvery basin, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa asked Singh to prevent Karnataka from proceeding with new modernisation schemes in Cauvery basin in “utter disregard” of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Opposing Karnataka’s proposed schemes “not contemplated” in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s final order, Jayalalithaa asked the Centre to advise the upper riparian state not to proceed with any projects in the river basin till the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) was formed. “It is shocking that Karnataka, in utter disregard of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, is proceeding with new modernisation schemes in Cauvery basin,” she said in a letter to the PM.
Referring to Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Ltd’s advertisement calling for Expression of Interest for restoration and rejuvenation of river Arkavathy and modernisation of Hemavathy canals, Jayalalithaa said these were new schemes not contemplated in the tribunal’s final order. She said it was “apprehended” that remodelling of Hemavathy canals would result in increased drawal of water by Karnataka and expansion of their ayacut to an extent more than allocated by the tribunal’s order.
It would affect the river’s natural flow, thus severely affecting irrigation interests of TN, she said and demanded that Karnataka be asked not to take up any new schemes in the basin till the formation of the CMB. Also, the Cauvery Neeravari Nigama should be told to withhold the invitation for Expression of Interest till the CMB was formed.
“Immediate formation of the CMB is imperative to ensure that the tribunal’s final order is not violated with impunity by Karnataka repeatedly,” she said in her letter.
States:Tamil Nadu
Chennai: A day after she urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to restrain Karnataka from going ahead with its hydro power projects in Cauvery basin, chief minister J. Jayalalithaa asked Singh to prevent Karnataka from proceeding with new modernisation schemes in Cauvery basin in “utter disregard” of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Opposing Karnataka’s proposed schemes “not contemplated” in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s final order, Jayalalithaa asked the Centre to advise the upper riparian state not to proceed with any projects in the river basin till the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) was formed. “It is shocking that Karnataka, in utter disregard of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, is proceeding with new modernisation schemes in Cauvery basin,” she said in a letter to the PM.
Referring to Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Ltd’s advertisement calling for Expression of Interest for restoration and rejuvenation of river Arkavathy and modernisation of Hemavathy canals, Jayalalithaa said these were new schemes not contemplated in the tribunal’s final order. She said it was “apprehended” that remodelling of Hemavathy canals would result in increased drawal of water by Karnataka and expansion of their ayacut to an extent more than allocated by the tribunal’s order.
It would affect the river’s natural flow, thus severely affecting irrigation interests of TN, she said and demanded that Karnataka be asked not to take up any new schemes in the basin till the formation of the CMB. Also, the Cauvery Neeravari Nigama should be told to withhold the invitation for Expression of Interest till the CMB was formed.
“Immediate formation of the CMB is imperative to ensure that the tribunal’s final order is not violated with impunity by Karnataka repeatedly,” she said in her letter.
States:Tamil Nadu
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