AAP protest over Cauvery water release to TN

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Karnataka staged a protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru demanding that the State government suspend the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu come what may.

The party state unit president Mukhyamantri Chandru said that it wasn’t realistic to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu since there had been a massive rainfall deficit this monsoon.

“The Cauvery water problem has been there for many decades. The reason for this problem is the lack of will power of the State government. How is it possible to release water to Tamil Nadu when the state has no water? Stop releasing water to Tamil Nadu immediately. Whatever comes next, we'll be there,” Chandru said.

“We have a drought and a drinking water crisis. How is it possible to release water to Tamil Nadu when the situation is like this? he asked.