Farmers and members of various political outfits blocked
trains at various areas in Southern districts today,demanding release of two
tmc Cauvery water for delta areas as against 9,000 cusecs released by
Karnataka.Officials said farmers and members of parties like MDMK,
Viduthalai Siruthaigal Ammaippu and Nam Tamizhar Iyakkam blocked trains at
Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Kumbakonam, Nagapattinam and other places.Farmers said though water had been released from Mettur
following good inflows after Karnataka started releasing water as per a Supreme
Court directive, water had not reached the channels due to indiscriminate sand
mining in the river beds.PWD officials said river beds in the district had sunk in
many places due to illegal sand mining.The Karnataka government began releasing water after the
Supreme Court asked it to abide by the September 19 directive of Cauvery River
Authority, headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh till October 15.
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