Chennai, June 23: Attributing Karnataka's manifold increase in its Anicut area over the years for the shortage of water in reservoirs there, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked how could Karnataka put the blame on monsoon failure for not releasing Cauvery water when it was able to even hold and use water for summer crops. Reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna's statement in Bangalore yesterday that his state was not in a position to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as the state itself did not have water, Jayalalithaa alleged that Karnataka was not able to release water as it had increased storage capacity of dams, besides taking to summer crop cultivation in a big way.
Hence, Tamil Nadu was not getting its due share of water from Karnataka as per the interim award of Cauvery water disputes tribunal, she said adding that Karnataka was using the monsoon failure only as an "excuse" for the shortage.

She termed as "unreasonable" Krishna's statement that low water level in Krishnarajasagar dam was preventing Karnataka from releasing water.
"It is unfortunate that Krishna has chosen to make a condescending and palpably untrue statement in utter disregard to the interest of the Cauvery delta farmers of Tamil Nadu", she said. Bureau Report