With the debate on the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board picking up heat, DMK President Kalaignar M Karunanidhi on June 14 wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to immediately constitute the board as mandated by law. The board will monitor the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from Karnataka reservoirs.
“I wish to state that immediately after the notification of the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the ad hoc bodies constituted to supervise the implementation of the final award will be placed by a board, which will continuously supervise the implementation of the order,” said Kalaignar.
Blaming the Tamil Nadu government for not taking all parties on board on the issue, Kalaignar said, “I asked the State government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and approach the Centre together for justice. I felt that such a meeting will exhibit the unity of the people, particularly farmers. But the government did not heed to my request.”
The letter stated:
“Dear Prime Minister,
Vanakkam. I write this letter to seek your intervention and your instruction to the Ministry of Water Resources to form the Cauvery Management Board, as mandated by Law.
In this context, I wish to state that immediately after the notification of the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the ad-hoc bodies constituted to supervise the implementation of the final award will be replaced by a Cauvery Management Board, which will continuously supervise the implementation of the order.
I have asked the Government of Tamil Nadu, to convene an all Party Meeting to discuss this issue and unitedly approach the Government of India for Justice. I felt that such a Meeting will exhibit the unity of the people of Tamil Nadu, particularly the farmers of Tamil Nadu, who are suffering for want of sufficient water for farming. But the Government of Tamil Nadu did not heed to my request.
I also wish to bring to your notice that for the past three years, after the present A.D.M.K. Party was elected to rule the State, “Kuruvai* crop season had failed because of lack of Water and many of the farmers in the Cauvery Delta Region had committed suicide.
I also wish to state that, the issue pending before the Supreme Court of India is no bar to constitute Cauvery Management Board, because the Supreme Court has not granted interim injunctions to the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Hence, I once again request you to take immediate steps to form Cauvery Management Board and save the Tamil Nadu farmers from their sufferings.”
“I wish to state that immediately after the notification of the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the ad hoc bodies constituted to supervise the implementation of the final award will be placed by a board, which will continuously supervise the implementation of the order,” said Kalaignar.
Blaming the Tamil Nadu government for not taking all parties on board on the issue, Kalaignar said, “I asked the State government to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and approach the Centre together for justice. I felt that such a meeting will exhibit the unity of the people, particularly farmers. But the government did not heed to my request.”
The letter stated:
“Dear Prime Minister,
Vanakkam. I write this letter to seek your intervention and your instruction to the Ministry of Water Resources to form the Cauvery Management Board, as mandated by Law.
In this context, I wish to state that immediately after the notification of the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, the ad-hoc bodies constituted to supervise the implementation of the final award will be replaced by a Cauvery Management Board, which will continuously supervise the implementation of the order.
I have asked the Government of Tamil Nadu, to convene an all Party Meeting to discuss this issue and unitedly approach the Government of India for Justice. I felt that such a Meeting will exhibit the unity of the people of Tamil Nadu, particularly the farmers of Tamil Nadu, who are suffering for want of sufficient water for farming. But the Government of Tamil Nadu did not heed to my request.
I also wish to bring to your notice that for the past three years, after the present A.D.M.K. Party was elected to rule the State, “Kuruvai* crop season had failed because of lack of Water and many of the farmers in the Cauvery Delta Region had committed suicide.
I also wish to state that, the issue pending before the Supreme Court of India is no bar to constitute Cauvery Management Board, because the Supreme Court has not granted interim injunctions to the order passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Hence, I once again request you to take immediate steps to form Cauvery Management Board and save the Tamil Nadu farmers from their sufferings.”
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