Farmers stir continues in Thanjavur

The agitators, under the banner of the Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee’s (CRRC), have been protesting in front of the District Collectorate demanding withdrawal of Inter-state River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in the Lok Sabha recently. 

The bill proposes to set up a single standing tribunal, with multiple benches, instead of the existing multiple tribunals to resolve water disputes between states.  A meeting would positively held on Saturday to discuss future course of action, P Maniarasan, Co-ordinator of Cauvery Rights Retrieval Committee, said.