Dam Row

The Mekedatu dam row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continued with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserting that work for the reservoir would start, while protests were staged in many parts of the Tamil state and Puducherry against the initiative.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

The bodies of the four doctors from Solapur who drowned on Sunday were recovered early on Monday morning. The quartet was on the boat taking selfies when it tipped and capsized on Sunday at around 5.30 pm. While one body was recovered later in the evening, the other three were fished out of the water the next morning.

Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.

Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi has criticised the Tamil Nadu government for "dragging LTTE's" name in its plea in the Supreme Court seeking Central forces to guard the Mullaiperiyar Dam replacing Kerala police.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today led an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the Centre's "cooperation" for implementing the Mekedatu dam project in his state, which is being opposed by neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

The DMK today alleged that Karnataka releases water from Cauvery only when there is surplus water available for Tamil Nadu and not as per the orders of the river dispute tribunal, and its party chief M Karunanidhi said that they support the March 28 bandh over the Mekedatu dam row.

Strongly criticising his arch rival Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today demanded to know the state government's action plan on the dam row against the background of a review petition in the Supreme Court filed by Kerala.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today said the controversy over his nephew and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's comments about urinating in a dam to fill it up should end as the minister has apologised. His remarks came amid increasing demands from opposition parties in the state for Ajit Pawar's resignation.

As protests against Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu continued in Mandya today, the local administration banned entry of tourists inside the Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS) complex in Mysore till February 13 as a precautionary measure.

Politics over the Cauvery water issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu turned violent this afternoon, with pro-Karnataka activists stoning Rapid Action Force personnel who are posted around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir. Protesters are also trying to force their way into the dam area. Police have arrested G Madegowda, a farmer leader.

Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.

Taking on Karnataka over yet another river issue, Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalithaa today accused the state of planning to build check dams across Pennaiyar River and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise it against going ahead with the work.

Amid reports that the Supreme Court Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar had found that the 119-year-old Mullaperiyar dam was safe, Kerala Water Resources Minister PJ Joseph on Saturday maintained that a new dam was the only solution to the long dispute with Tamil Nadu.

The Mekedatu dam row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu continued with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa asserting that work for the reservoir would start, while protests were staged in many parts of the Tamil state and Puducherry against the initiative.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

The bodies of the four doctors from Solapur who drowned on Sunday were recovered early on Monday morning. The quartet was on the boat taking selfies when it tipped and capsized on Sunday at around 5.30 pm. While one body was recovered later in the evening, the other three were fished out of the water the next morning.

Tamil Nadu government today withdrew its interim plea seeking deployment of the CISF to protect Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala after the Supreme Court objected to filing of such pleas in an already decided case.

Kerala today asserted that construction of a new dam is the only solution to resolve the dispute over the contentious Mullaperiyar dam and said it will take up this demand with the Centre.

DMK chief M Karunanidhi has criticised the Tamil Nadu government for "dragging LTTE's" name in its plea in the Supreme Court seeking Central forces to guard the Mullaiperiyar Dam replacing Kerala police.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today led an all-party delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the Centre's "cooperation" for implementing the Mekedatu dam project in his state, which is being opposed by neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

The DMK today alleged that Karnataka releases water from Cauvery only when there is surplus water available for Tamil Nadu and not as per the orders of the river dispute tribunal, and its party chief M Karunanidhi said that they support the March 28 bandh over the Mekedatu dam row.

Strongly criticising his arch rival Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi today demanded to know the state government's action plan on the dam row against the background of a review petition in the Supreme Court filed by Kerala.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today said the controversy over his nephew and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's comments about urinating in a dam to fill it up should end as the minister has apologised. His remarks came amid increasing demands from opposition parties in the state for Ajit Pawar's resignation.

As protests against Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu continued in Mandya today, the local administration banned entry of tourists inside the Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir (KRS) complex in Mysore till February 13 as a precautionary measure.

Politics over the Cauvery water issue between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu turned violent this afternoon, with pro-Karnataka activists stoning Rapid Action Force personnel who are posted around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir. Protesters are also trying to force their way into the dam area. Police have arrested G Madegowda, a farmer leader.

Charging Kerala government officials with blocking materials meant to plug holes at the Mullaperiar Dam with a view to "weakening it," Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss on Friday demanded an economic blockade on the neighbouring state lest it should allow Tamil Nadu officials to take up the works.

Taking on Karnataka over yet another river issue, Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalithaa today accused the state of planning to build check dams across Pennaiyar River and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise it against going ahead with the work.

Amid reports that the Supreme Court Empowered Committee on Mullaperiyar had found that the 119-year-old Mullaperiyar dam was safe, Kerala Water Resources Minister PJ Joseph on Saturday maintained that a new dam was the only solution to the long dispute with Tamil Nadu.