AIADMK urges Pondy govt to push Centre on Cauvery issue

The AIADMK has urged the Puducherry government to request the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) as per the SC verdict, for the benefit of the farmers in Karaikal region in the Union territory.

The party’s legislature wing leader A Anbalagan said the territorial government should join hands with Tamil Nadu and ensure that the SC direction on the Cauvery river water-sharing issue is implemented. To enable the farmers to get the benefit of the allocation of Cauvery water, the board should be constituted without delay, he said.

Earlier, Anbalagan also visited the sea port to inspect the progress of work to convert it into a satellite port of the Chennai Port Trust to handle container cargo.