BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai slammed the DMK-led state government on Monday for taking no constructive measures to mitigate the water crisis in the state.He said that per capita water availability in Tamil Nadu is at an alarming level and that if measures are not taken, the state will face extreme water scarcity by 2050.
“The per capita water availability in Tamil Nadu is at an alarming level, & the State government has taken no constructive measures to mitigate this risk,” Annamalai posted on X.
“While the cultivable land area is already at a record low, TN will have extreme water scarcity by 2050 if no constructive measures are taken now,” he added.
The water crisis in the state has been in the spotlight again after Karntaka decided to release only 8,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery River to Tamil Nadu instead of the 1 tmcft (11,500 cusecs) of water that the CWRC directed the state to release.
On July 14, the Karnataka government The Tamil Nadu government has condemned Karnataka’s decision and will convene an all-party meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting will be held at around 11 am at the State Secretariat and will be chaired by Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan.
The Karnataka government took the decision after an ‘all-party meeting’ was held on Sunday to discuss issues related to the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, BJP leader CT Ravi, and other prominent leaders of the state.