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Farmers Celebrate As Tamil Nadu Releases Mettur Water On Due Date
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin released waters from the Mettur Dam today to irrigate the delta region. The water would help the Kuruvai crop across the 12 delta districts including Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur.
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Analysis: The Politics That Keeps Cauvery Water Dispute On The Boil
All those years when the monsoon fails to fill the reservoirs in Karnataka it has wide ramifications for the people of the state and those living in the Cauvery delta basin in adjoining Tamil Nadu.
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MK Stalin Red Flags Auction Of Coal Blocks In Cauvery Delta, Writes To PM
Three coal/lignite mining blocks in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery delta region proposed for auction by the Centre should be excluded from the process, Chief Minister MK Stalin urged, writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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K Palaniswami Declares Cauvery Delta ''Protected Agricultural Zone''
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said Cauvery delta has been declared a ''protected agricultural zone'' and asserted that hydrocarbon exploration projects will not be allowed in the basin.
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Rajya Sabha Adjourned For The Day Amid Protests; Passes Bill For Autism
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Wednesday following noisy protests by AIADMK and YSR Congress members demanding protection of Cauvery Delta farmers and special status for Andhra Pradesh.
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DMK Chief Stalin Says Relief Work In Cyclone-Hit Areas "Not Satisfactory"
DMK President MK Stalin today alleged the relief activity was "not satisfactory" in the Cauvery delta areas that were ravaged by Cyclone Gaja last week.
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Amid Cauvery Row, Farmers In Parched Tamil Nadu Are Worried About Future
A year after Tamil Nadu witnessed its worst drought in 140 years, large stretches of farmlands have turned barren in Nagapattinam district, the tail end of Tamil Nadu's delta region.
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Cauvery Row: AIADMK To Step Up Pressure, To Hold Rallies Across Tamil Nadu
Ruling AIADMK today said it would hold state-wide public meetings on the Cauvery issue between April 25 and 29 to urge the Centre to implement the Supreme Court verdict to ensure water for irrigation in the Delta districts.
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DMK Leader M K Stalin Kickstarts Mega Rally Over Cauvery Issue
DMK Working President M K Stalin today began a mega rally over the Cauvery issue that will cover the delta regions of Tamil Nadu, seeking immediate setting up of a management board to ensure release of water for farmers.
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As Karnataka Gets More Of Cauvery, Farmers Call It "Fair Judgement"
Farmers in Mandya in the Cauvery delta region of Karnataka are celebrating after the Supreme Court announced on Friday that the state will get 14.75 TMC or thousand million cubic feet more water in addition to the 270 TMC awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 2007. Bengaluru will also get more water to meet its drinking water nee...
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Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Chief Ministers To Meet Over Cauvery Water Issue
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and ministers from the Cauvery Delta region will meet Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and urge him to release the river water to save the state's paddy crop, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Centre Did Not Take Action On Cauvery Plea: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday hit out at the Centre for not acting on its plea seeking Cauvery water release from Karnataka, and said that steps would be taken "in a day or two" to release the available water to delta farmers to save their standing crops.
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Lush Green Fields Turn Into Stark Barren Land As Cauvery Shrinks
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, vast stretches of the once fertile Cauvery delta have turned into barren fields. 32-year-old Arogya Mary has given up on agriculture as a livelihood. Her 36-year-old husband died on the same field less than six months ago after a heart attack. Ms Mary says her husband was heartbroken that there was no water to so...
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DMK Seeks Special Assembly Session To Discuss Cauvery Water Sharing Issue
DMK urged the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu to convene a special session of the state assembly to discuss the Cauvery water issue and the situation faced by farmers in the delta region.
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Supreme Court Appointed Team Winds Up Assessment Of Cauvery River Basin
The high-level technical team constituted by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue today held discussions with the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, as it wrapped up its two-day assessment of the Cauvery basin in the state's Delta districts.
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Farmers Celebrate As Tamil Nadu Releases Mettur Water On Due Date
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin released waters from the Mettur Dam today to irrigate the delta region. The water would help the Kuruvai crop across the 12 delta districts including Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur.
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Analysis: The Politics That Keeps Cauvery Water Dispute On The Boil
All those years when the monsoon fails to fill the reservoirs in Karnataka it has wide ramifications for the people of the state and those living in the Cauvery delta basin in adjoining Tamil Nadu.
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MK Stalin Red Flags Auction Of Coal Blocks In Cauvery Delta, Writes To PM
Three coal/lignite mining blocks in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery delta region proposed for auction by the Centre should be excluded from the process, Chief Minister MK Stalin urged, writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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K Palaniswami Declares Cauvery Delta ''Protected Agricultural Zone''
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday said Cauvery delta has been declared a ''protected agricultural zone'' and asserted that hydrocarbon exploration projects will not be allowed in the basin.
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Rajya Sabha Adjourned For The Day Amid Protests; Passes Bill For Autism
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Wednesday following noisy protests by AIADMK and YSR Congress members demanding protection of Cauvery Delta farmers and special status for Andhra Pradesh.
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DMK Chief Stalin Says Relief Work In Cyclone-Hit Areas "Not Satisfactory"
DMK President MK Stalin today alleged the relief activity was "not satisfactory" in the Cauvery delta areas that were ravaged by Cyclone Gaja last week.
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Amid Cauvery Row, Farmers In Parched Tamil Nadu Are Worried About Future
A year after Tamil Nadu witnessed its worst drought in 140 years, large stretches of farmlands have turned barren in Nagapattinam district, the tail end of Tamil Nadu's delta region.
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Cauvery Row: AIADMK To Step Up Pressure, To Hold Rallies Across Tamil Nadu
Ruling AIADMK today said it would hold state-wide public meetings on the Cauvery issue between April 25 and 29 to urge the Centre to implement the Supreme Court verdict to ensure water for irrigation in the Delta districts.
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DMK Leader M K Stalin Kickstarts Mega Rally Over Cauvery Issue
DMK Working President M K Stalin today began a mega rally over the Cauvery issue that will cover the delta regions of Tamil Nadu, seeking immediate setting up of a management board to ensure release of water for farmers.
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As Karnataka Gets More Of Cauvery, Farmers Call It "Fair Judgement"
Farmers in Mandya in the Cauvery delta region of Karnataka are celebrating after the Supreme Court announced on Friday that the state will get 14.75 TMC or thousand million cubic feet more water in addition to the 270 TMC awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 2007. Bengaluru will also get more water to meet its drinking water nee...
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Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Chief Ministers To Meet Over Cauvery Water Issue
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami and ministers from the Cauvery Delta region will meet Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and urge him to release the river water to save the state's paddy crop, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Centre Did Not Take Action On Cauvery Plea: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday hit out at the Centre for not acting on its plea seeking Cauvery water release from Karnataka, and said that steps would be taken "in a day or two" to release the available water to delta farmers to save their standing crops.
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Lush Green Fields Turn Into Stark Barren Land As Cauvery Shrinks
In Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, vast stretches of the once fertile Cauvery delta have turned into barren fields. 32-year-old Arogya Mary has given up on agriculture as a livelihood. Her 36-year-old husband died on the same field less than six months ago after a heart attack. Ms Mary says her husband was heartbroken that there was no water to so...
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DMK Seeks Special Assembly Session To Discuss Cauvery Water Sharing Issue
DMK urged the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu to convene a special session of the state assembly to discuss the Cauvery water issue and the situation faced by farmers in the delta region.
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Supreme Court Appointed Team Winds Up Assessment Of Cauvery River Basin
The high-level technical team constituted by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue today held discussions with the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, as it wrapped up its two-day assessment of the Cauvery basin in the state's Delta districts.
