T.N. government’s silence on Cauvery issue is shocking, says Stalin
Stalin on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as the State government’s silence on Karnataka’s failure to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.“The Chief Minister should have met the Prime Minister over this issue, but he has not. The Water Resources Minister has also failed to take it up. The Chief Secretary does not appear to have written either to his Karnataka counterpart or to the Union Water Resources Secretary.
- ▪Stalin on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as the State government’s silence on Karnataka’s failure to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.“The Chief Minister should have met the Prime Minister over this issue, but he has not
- ▪The Water Resources Minister has also failed to take it up.
- ▪The Chief Secretary does not appear to have written either to his Karnataka counterpart or to the Union Water Resources Secretary.
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DMK president M.K. Stalin on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as the State government’s silence on Karnataka’s failure to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.“The Chief Minister should have met the Prime Minister over this issue, but he has not. The Water Resources Minister has also failed to take it up. The Chief Secretary does not appear to have written either to his Karnataka counterpart or to the Union Water Resources Secretary. The government’s silence on such a vital issue is shocking,” he said in a statement.Mr Stalin alleged the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led (TVK) government had also failed to fulfil its promise of completely waiving farmers’ loans.“Although the government has adopted an Assembly resolution opposing the construction of the Mekedatu dam and demanding…
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