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The Centre has set up a high-level technical team to visit the Cauvery river basin
area to assess the ground situation. The team will submit its report to the Supreme
Court on October 17. The team, headed by central water commission chairman G S Jha,
will hold a preparatory meeting in Bengaluru on October 7. It will visit the river basin
area over the next eight days before finalising its report.
Besides Jha, the team, set up in pursuance of the SC's October 4 order, comprises
senior officials of the CWC and chief secretary or his representative from Tamil
Nadu and Karnataka, and a chief engineer each from the two states besides Keralaand
Puducherry.
All the three states and Puducherry have been asked by the water resources
ministry to tell their officers to reach Bengaluru by Thursday so that the team can hold its
first meeting on October 7. The team is expected to visit Hemavathi, Harangi,
Krishnarajasagar and Kabini reservoirs in Karnataka and Mettur, Lower Bhavani Dam
and Amaravati reservoirs in Tamil Nadu between October 7 and 15.
Farmers and pro-Kannada outfit activists protested in various parts of Karnataka
on Monday against the Supreme Court directive to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
while chief minister Siddaramaiah convened a meeting of legislature leaders and MPs on
Tuesday to discuss the issue. A day-long protest shutdown is being observed in Mandya
town. The district authority was forced to declare holiday in schools and colleges in the
town, about 100 km from here, due to protesters staging massive rallies and
demonstrations, blocking vehicular traffic on the Bengaluru-Mysuru state highway.
Though additional police personnel were deployed in the town and on the highway to
maintain law and order and prevent untoward incidents.