Agitated farmers and activists belonging to pro-Kannada outfits have been protesting the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. A farmer was rushed to the hospital after an attempted suicide in Karnataka's Mandya on Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, Karnataka released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu amid protests in the state. The apex court on Monday, directed the Karnataka government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days to ameliorate the plight of farmers. The apex court also directed Tamil Nadu to approach the supervisory committee within three days for the release of Cauvery water as per the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal's (CWDT).

Source: dna September 07, 2016 09:01 UTC