Thanjavur, Dec 04: A team of farmers from the Delta districts of Tamil Nadu is currently touring Karnataka to exchange views with their counterparts in that state, for a better understanding of the Cauvery issue. The team would hold discussions with the 'Cauvery family, Karnataka, on December 05'. The farmers would visit areas around Maddur, Mandya, Mysore and also Hemavathi, Krishnarajasagar and Kabini reservoirs, S Ranganathan, secretary of the Cauvery Delta Farmers Organisation, said in a press release.

Representatives of farmers from Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirapalli, Cuddalore, the composite Thanjavur districts, as well as Pondicherry, would help assess the storage in the dams and discuss measures for releasing water to save the standing samba crop, he added. Bureau Report