The Hindu 26.02.2013
Corporation thanks CM on Cauvery water issue
The municipal corporation convened a special council
meeting here on Monday to thank Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for bringing
about a permanent solution for Tamil Nadu in sharing Cauvery waters by
way of getting the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award notified
in the gazette.
“Unlike many political leaders who
were working with an eye on the next elections, the Chief Minister was
working for the benefit of the next generation,” Cooperation Minister K.
Raju, who was invited as a special guest, said while addressing the
council. While thanking the Chief Minister for the continuous efforts
she had taken to ensure the final award of the tribunal getting notified
in the gazette, he took a dig at Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam saying that
it did nothing for the same despite being part of the United Progressive
Alliance government in the Centre.
In a six-page resolution on the issue, Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa traced the history of the Cauvery dispute.
He
said that it was only because the Chief Minister took up the issue with
the Supreme Court, the Centre convened the meeting of Cauvery River
Authority after nine years. Karnataka refused to release water as per
the final award of the tribunal, claiming that the final award was not
notified. But, with the Chief Minister’s efforts, that too had been done
ensuring 419 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu, the resolution said.
Earlier, the Mayor asked the watch and ward staff to evacuate the DMK members who were wearing black shirts.
He
clarified that he had to remove those councillors from the hall to
avoid violence. Even as the corporation staff tried to remove them, the
police entered the hall and took them away.
AIADMK
MLA A.K. Bose, party zonal chairperson P. Salaimuthu, Communist Party of
India (Marxist) councillor M. Chellam and Pattali Makkal Katchi member
Veera Kumar spoke.
