Puducherry PCC condemns Karna move to build dam across Cauvery

Congress in Puducherry today condemned the Karnataka government's proposal to construct a dam across Cauvery at Mekedattu for a drinking water project, saying it would violate the final order of the inter-state Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Extending support to the November 29 bandh called by local farmers association in Karaikal, in the tail end of Cauvery basin, to protest Karnataka's move, PCC President A V Subramanian asked the Union Territory government to approach the court independently to safeguard the interests of its ryots.
In a release here, he said already Karaikal had been starved of the river water as it lies at the tail end of the Cauvery basin.

"We should protect our rights to get our quota in the river," he said, and condemned the proposal of the Congress government in Karnataka to construct the reservoir.
The bandh has been called by the Karaikal Agriculturists Welfare Association.
He also wanted the government to raise the relief given to farmers in distress from present Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 per acre.