Each State Should Get Share Of Cauvery Water: Puducherry Lieutenant Governor

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan comments come amid Tamil Nadu's opposition to Karnataka's proposal to build the Mekedatu reservoir across the Cauvery river as it would adversely affect Tamil Nadu farmers and the State.

Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday said each riparian State depending on the Cauvery river should get their due share appropriately. Her comments come amid Tamil Nadu's opposition to Karnataka's proposal to build the Mekedatu reservoir across the Cauvery river as it would adversely affect Tamil Nadu farmers and the State. She was speaking after laying the foundation for a project of a voluntary organisation--Eeeram Foundation--in Pudhukuppam to desilt the water body in the village. "Each of the riparian states depending on the Cauvery river for irrigation should get their due share in the river appropriately," she said.