Cauvery Technical team to submit report to Supreme Court today

The high level central technical team led by central water commission chairman G S Jha will submit its findings and report to Supreme Court today. The team was constituted as per orders of the apex court to assess the realities in Cauvery basin areas in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. 

The case filed by Tamil Nadu regarding Cauvery river water sharing will come up for hearing before Supreme Court tomorrow.The high level central technical team constituted by Supreme Court had inspected



Krishnaraja Sagar, Kabini dams in Karnataka, Mettur Bhavani Sagar dams in Tamil Nadu. The GS Jha led team had interacted with PWD officials and delta farmers in Thanjavur Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur. 

Farmers in Tiruchirapalli and delta regions told the team that samba crops will be damaged if water is not released into Cauvery by Karnataka. Meanwhile the delta farmers in Tamil Nadu is resorting to rail rook agitation today urging the government to set up Cauvery management board.