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Karnataka houses defer debate on Cauvery, adjourns sine die
Bangalore, Sept 24: The emergent session of both houses of Karnataka legislature today decided to defer the debate on the contentious Cauvery river water issue and the serious drought situation to a later date and adjourned sine die.
Bangalore, Sept 24: The emergent session of both houses of Karnataka legislature today decided to defer the debate on the contentious Cauvery river water issue and the serious drought situation to a later date and adjourned sine die.
In the wake of a consensus that emerged at the joint business advisory committee meeting, it was decided against discussing the Cauvery problem as the matter was before the Supreme Court. The meeting decided that the government convene the legislature session during first week of October to debate the Cauvery issue, acute drought conditions, kidnapping of JD(U) leader, Nagappa and the hardships faced by families of displaced in the Alamatti dam project, presiding officers of legisalative council and legislative assembly, B L Shankar and M V Venkatappa, respectively, announced in the house. Venkatappa said in the backdrop of the Cauvery case coming up before the Supreme Court on September 30 and the ongoing visit by the Cauvery river monitoring committee in the state, the actual data on water availability remained unavailable for discussion.
It would not be possible to discuss the Cauvery issue extensively without relevant statistics and also the drought situation, he said.
In the wake of a consensus that emerged at the joint business advisory committee meeting, it was decided against discussing the Cauvery problem as the matter was before the Supreme Court. The meeting decided that the government convene the legislature session during first week of October to debate the Cauvery issue, acute drought conditions, kidnapping of JD(U) leader, Nagappa and the hardships faced by families of displaced in the Alamatti dam project, presiding officers of legisalative council and legislative assembly, B L Shankar and M V Venkatappa, respectively, announced in the house. Venkatappa said in the backdrop of the Cauvery case coming up before the Supreme Court on September 30 and the ongoing visit by the Cauvery river monitoring committee in the state, the actual data on water availability remained unavailable for discussion.
It would not be possible to discuss the Cauvery issue extensively without relevant statistics and also the drought situation, he said.
Making a similar statement Shankar, said at this hour of crisis, that there was a need for all the political parties to help the government in overcoming it.
Bureau Report