Karnataka MPs appeal to PM on Cauvery issue
11 Oct 2012 7:44 AM IST
The Cauvery water dispute attracted a lot of political attention in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Wednesday after the Karnataka chief minister Jagdish Shettar ordered to stop releasing more water to Tamil Nadu.
While the DMK president M Karunanidhi demanded invoking of Article 356 to dismiss the Karnataka government for not acting on the Supreme Court order, the union cabinet ministers from the state are trying to convince the authorities for the review of the decision.
The corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding a review of the decision of the Cauvery River Authority which asked the state to provide Tamil Nadu 9,000 cusecs of water daily. He also wrote to Singh, requesting him to reconvene the CRA, so that the earlier directive to Karnataka over water sharing could be reviewed.
Earlier, another union minister from the state – S M Krishna – had written to the prime minister requesting him to stop further release of water to Tamil Nadu and seek a report from the team that has been deputed to assess the water situation.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu also approached the Supreme Court seeking the launch of contempt of court proceeding against Shettar and others for allegedly defying the court's order water supply to Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu argued that Karnataka deliberately violated the apex court's 28 September directive to supply water and hence had committed willful contempt of the court. It said that despite the order of the Supreme Court, Karnataka stopped the water supply, pushing Tamil Nadu to a further distressed situation.
While the DMK president M Karunanidhi demanded invoking of Article 356 to dismiss the Karnataka government for not acting on the Supreme Court order, the union cabinet ministers from the state are trying to convince the authorities for the review of the decision.
The corporate affairs minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding a review of the decision of the Cauvery River Authority which asked the state to provide Tamil Nadu 9,000 cusecs of water daily. He also wrote to Singh, requesting him to reconvene the CRA, so that the earlier directive to Karnataka over water sharing could be reviewed.
Earlier, another union minister from the state – S M Krishna – had written to the prime minister requesting him to stop further release of water to Tamil Nadu and seek a report from the team that has been deputed to assess the water situation.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu also approached the Supreme Court seeking the launch of contempt of court proceeding against Shettar and others for allegedly defying the court's order water supply to Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu argued that Karnataka deliberately violated the apex court's 28 September directive to supply water and hence had committed willful contempt of the court. It said that despite the order of the Supreme Court, Karnataka stopped the water supply, pushing Tamil Nadu to a further distressed situation.
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