Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary urges Centre to withdraw plea on Cauvery Water Management Board
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Rama Mohan Rao has written to Sashi Shekar, Secretary of Union Water Resources, urging him to withdraw the plea, which states that the Cauvery Management Board can't be constituted presently.
In Short
- Tamil Nadu govt has consistently urged the Centre for constituting Cauvery Management Board.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary has urged Centre to withdraw the Interlocutory Application.
- Earlier today, 49 AIADMK MPs marched towards PM's office to present plea seeking his intervention.
Rama Mohan Rao, Chief Secretary to Tamil Nadu government, has written to Secretary of Union Water Resources Sashi Shekar, urging him to withdraw the Interlocutory Application, which states that the Cauvery Water Management Board can't be constituted presently.
Rama Mohan Rao said, "The Government of Tamil Nadu has consistently been urging the Government of India for the constitution of a permanent mechanism, namely, the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee for the effective implementation of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as envisaged in that order."
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INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION
He said that he has come to know that the Government of India had filed an Interlocutory Application (I.A) in the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 3rd October seeking modification to the order dated 30.9.2016 which said that the Cauvery Management Board could not be constituted at present. He stated that the I. A. filed by the Government of India was against the assurance given by the learned Attorney General to the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Rama Mohan Rao explained that the Tamil Nadu government was unable to understand what caused this sudden reversal in Government of India's stand.
Rama Mohan Rao said, "In the circumstances, I request you to kindly take action to withdraw the I.A. filed by the Government of India forthwith and constitute the Cauvery Management Board on or before 4th October, 2016, as directed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its order dated 30.9.2016 and render justice to Tamil Nadu."
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AIADMK MPs MARCH TO PMO
Meanwhile earlier today, as many as 49 AIADMK MPs, led by party leader and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai marched towards PM Modi's office to present a petition requesting his intervention for creating the Cauvery Water Management Board.