The Tamizhaga Eri Mattrum Attru Pasana Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the government to waive all crop loans in view of poor monsoon during the past three years. In a resolution adopted at its general body meeting, chaired by P.Viswanathan, president, here on Tuesday, the association urged the Centre not to permit construction of dams across the Cauvery at Mekedatu and Rasimanal and across the Pamparu in Kerala. The Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulatory Authority should be formed immediately. The State government should expedite the execution of the Cauvery-Gundar-Vaigai linking project as it would help provide irrigation for over 93,000 hectares of land. The government should also order immediate disbursement of arrears to cane growers, another resolution said.
