Ensure release Cauvery water as per SC order, Stalin urges Centre

CM says State is due to receive 9.19 tmc in June, 31.24 tmc in July

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday wrote to Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat requesting to take steps to advise the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to ensure the realisation of water as per monthly schedule prescribed by the Supreme Court. As per the judgment, Tamil Nadu was to receive 9.19 tmc of water in June and 31.24 tmc in July. Since the Cauvery delta region did not benefit much from the southwest monsoon, the kuruvai crop was dependent on the continuous release of water from the reservoir, he said. “Any shortfall in release of water as per the schedule will severely impact the standing crop as well as commencing and continuing the samba cultivation, from next month,” Mr. Stalin contended in his letter. A copy of the letter was released to the media. Mr. Stalin, who visited the Cauvery delta region on Friday, said the region was the “rice bowl” of Tamil Nadu and the Stanley reservoir at Mettur is the lifeline of the delta. “We depend on them to a great extent for our agricultural production. This year, our delta farmers are eagerly waiting to commence the cultivation of Kuruvai and Samba crops.”