Protesters stage demonstrations at over 15 places along the Bengaluru-Mysuru highwayThe Supreme Court’s direction to the State to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days has triggered massive protests across the district. The protests paralysed the traffic on the busy stretch, which is a connecting highway for several States in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. For the last four years, the farmers in the Cauvery delta in Karnataka have been losing crops continuously owing to either drought or Cauvery water crisis, KRRS leader K.S. Addressing the agitators at Maddur, KRRS leader Konasale Narasaraju termed the apex court’s order as ‘death knell’ for farmers in the Cauvery region. MeetingMeanwhile, a meeting of farmers and Kannada organisations has been organised in the town on Monday evening to decide the future course of action pertaining to the Supreme Court’s order.

Source: The Hindu September 05, 2016 09:56 UTC