Jaya cautions Antony

Jaya cautions Antony on Bhavani water

25 Dec 2002 As the Cauvery water dispute hangs fire in the Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha in a letter to her Kerala counterpart A K Antony has requested for a reconsideration of building a weir across river Bhavani (a Cauvery tributary), to divert its water to the west, outside its basin.
Pointing out that Bhavani was an inter-state river and a part of Cauvery itself, it was not advisable to divert its water until the Cauvery dispute is settled by the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal.
The sharing of the water itself was under adjudicatory process before the tribunal she added. Expressing concern over the proposed Rs. 2.75 crore plan of the Kerala government to build the weir near Mukkali village, she pointed out that Kerala had already told the tribunal that it had extended the irrigation in the Attapadi valley to utilize 4.5 tmc ft water.