Mandya: Following continued protests over release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the State Government on Thursday stopped release of water.
On an average, 12,000 cusecs of water was being released from KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of the district to Tamil Nadu for the past 10 days, which had led to a series of protests by farmer Organisations and Opposition parties. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah had called an all-party meeting on Aug.23, during which the Opposition parties had promised co-operation to the State Government regarding the Cauvery row. Following the meeting, the release of water to Tamil Nadu from KRS Dam has been stopped, which can be termed as a victory to the farming community, who had vehemently protested the release of water at a time when Karnataka is badly affected by poor monsoon.
