Tamil Nadu: Over 40,000 Shops Closed In Thanjavur Over Cauvery Water Issue

More than 40,000 shops are closed in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district today as a sign of protest over Cauvery water dispute.

More than 40,000 shops are closed in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district today as a sign of protest over Cauvery water dispute.

Source : PTI

Cauvery Water Issue: Amid the tussle between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the release of Cauvery water, more than 40,000 shops are closed in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district today as a sign of protest over the issue. According to the news agency PTI, the full blockade protest is being held on behalf of the Cauvery Basin Protection Coalition against the Karnataka government for refusing to provide Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and the central government for not providing water.

VIDEO | More than 40,000 shops are closed in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district today as a sign of protest over Cauvery water dispute today. The full blockade protest is being held on behalf of the Cauvery Basin Protection Coalition against the Karnataka government for refusing to… pic.twitter.com/9o9EFbBFwi

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This comes two days after the resolution moved by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to direct the Karnataka government to release Cauvery water as per the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority in the Tamil Nadu Assembly was passed unanimously. 

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been at loggerheads over sharing the Cauvery river water as Bengaluru says it does not have enough water to share while Chennai demands for more water to be released. On September 30, Tamil Nadu farmers blocked Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses at Tiruchirappalli central bus stand and staged a protest against the Cauvery water sharing issue. 

Last month witnessed several protests by farmers in both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu's Delta Farmers Association members hit themselves with whips to express their pain due to the drying up of farmlands due to lack of Cauvery water. While AIADMK, the main opposition party has 66 MLAs, BJP has 4. The two had jointly faced the 2021 state polls as NDA constituents.

The row over river water sharing erupted after the Cauvery authority ordered the release of 3,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till October 15. While Karnataka officials said that they were not in a position to release water to Tamil Nadu, the lower riparian state demanded CWMA to release 12,500 cusecs of water for the next 15 days to save the standing crops.