Cauvery: Jaya tells PM to monitor water-sharing

In her latest missive to the Prime Minister,she stated that Karnataka was in the habit of depleting the storages from Krishnarajasagar,Kabini,Hemavathy and Harangi reservoirs during the summer months instead of conserving the inflow from the summer rains to release it to Tamil Nadu as prescribed in the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

The government of Karnataka should adhere to the irrigation season from June 1 to January 31 as stipulated in the final order of the tribunal and should not be allowed to deplete the storages from its reservoirs for summer irrigation. Therefore,it is essential that a monitoring mechanism is put in place by the first week of May,2013,so that Tamil Nadus rights are protected from the ensuing irrigation year 2013-2014, Jaya said in her letter.