Cauvery row: AIADMK seeks special assembly session

Demand comes after Karnataka govt's move to raise check dams across Cauvery river at Mekedattu

Opposition AIADMK in Puducherry today urged the Chief Minister N Rangasamy for convening a special assembly session in the next couple of days to adopt a resolution against Karnataka government's move to raise check dams across the Cauvery river at Mekedattu.

Talking to reporters here, AIADMK Deputy Legislature Party leader A Anbalagan said that "it is really mind boggling that the Chief Minister is keeping silent without raising voice of protest against the Karnataka government's move.

He said already the Tamil Nadu government had acted swiftly and adopted a resolution taking strong exception to the construction of the dams by Karnataka.

"The Tamil Nadu government is keen about protecting the rights of the Tamil Nadu ryots. But the Chief Minister of Union Territory is maintaining silence much to the embarrassment of the farmers of Karaikal region relying on Cauvery water for farm operations", he said.

The session was necessary to adopt a unanimous resolution which should be subsequently submitted to the Centre to register Puducherry government's protest against the 'design of the Karnataka government' affecting the ryots of the delta districts in Tamilnadu and Puducherry, he said.

Anbalagan said that the government should have adopted the resolution to criticise the Karnataka government in the recent session of the House.

He said that the Puducherry Assembly should be convened in the next couple of days to adopt a joint resolution of all parties to register Puducherry's protest against the Karnataka government's move.