T.N. Assembly adopts resolution urging Centre to direct Karnataka to release Cauvery water
The Hindu
TN Assembly adopts resolution urging Union govt to direct Karnataka to release water to TN, per SC judgment. All parties, except BJP, support resolution; BJP MLAs stage walkout. Opposition Leader Palaniswami welcomes resolution, asks govt about steps to ensure drinking water for 20 districts.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Monday, October 9, 2023, adopted a government resolution urging the Union government to direct the Karnataka government to release water to Tamil Nadu, as per the final judgment of the Supreme Court.
Legislators of all political parties in the T.N. Assembly, except those of the BJP, supported the resolution. The BJP MLAs staged a walkout demanding the modification of the resolution, moved by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami of the AIADMK welcomed the resolution. At the same time, he asked the DMK government about the steps being taken to ensure that drinking water was supplied to 20 districts until such time as water was received in the Cauvery, or from the rains.
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