Problem Dam K’taka: TN to urge the center to organize the court

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government said on Saturday that it would urge the center to establish a court to resolve problems arising from the dam built by the Government of Karnataka across Markandeya Nadi, the Pennayar River.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu condemned the Karnataka government for the construction of ‘unilateral’ dam and urged the state government to take legal action to eliminate the structure.
In a statement, Duraimurugan said the Central Air Commission had reviewed the work in 2017 itself, and the Karnataka government also told him that he had built a dam capacity of 0.5Tm to meet the needs of drinking water and refill the water table.
In 2019, the Karnataka government announced that it almost completed the dam.
“The TN government continues to oppose it.
It has submitted a petition in May 2018 and temporary application.
The Supreme Court in November 2019 ordered the Constitution of the Court and Tamil Nadu has urged the center of this,” Minister said.
About 870 hectares of agricultural land in Krishnagiri Taluk will be influenced by the dam, he added.
Duraimurugan said the solution would be found through the court.
“The state government will take appropriate steps to maintain the interests of farmers, human, and rights of Tamil Nadu,” Minister said.
Farmers in Krishnagiri Regency said fertile land in five districts would change and declare concern Karnataka only released a surplus of dam because the structure did not have window leaves.
K P Periyasamy, 55, from Kuppachiparai Village in Krishnagiri Regency, said the villagers from Kuddapalli and Beemandapli villages completely depend on the Pennayar River for drinking and irrigation needs.
“Bore has also dried up in recent years because of the lack of rain,” he said.
In a statement, the leader of the Wing Youth PMK Anbumani Ramadoss said the river was covered by the Madras-Mysore Government agreement in 1892 and Karnataka had to get approval from a lower Ridarian state.
“Unilateral action from Karnataka is the same as opposing the court,” Anbumani said.
The center has established a committee that held talks twice last year before reporting to the center in July to establish a court.
The MDMK Vaiko leader said the BJP government in the middle has not made a decision about the court and betrayed Tamil Nadu.
“The government must act immediately and determine our rights,” Vaiko said.
CPI Secretary R Mutarasan said the government had to act legally against Karnataka because it acted against court orders and water sharing principles.