Cauvery issue: Vaiko leads rail roko in Thanjavur

Thanjavur: The MDMK general secretary, Mr. Vaiko, on Sunday came down heavily on both the state and central governments for what he alleged their failure to get the due share of Cauvery water from Karnataka to save the standing ‘samba’ crop in the Cauvery delta.

Speaking to presspersons while participating in the ‘rail roko’ agitation urging state and central governments to get the due share of water from Karnataka, Vaiko said that he condemned the state government led by Edappadi K.Palaniswami for not discharging its duty.

“Samba crop is withering on lakhs of acres in the delta districts. At least two wettings are now required to save the crop in panicle initiation stage. But Karnataka is refusing to release water. Though it had to release 192 tmcft of water in a year as per the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, it had released not even 100 tmcft so far. If the present situation continued there will be no water for drinking. There will not be water for saving cattle,” he said.