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.
