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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) person Anbumani Ramadoss connected Friday (June 12, 2026) urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to state the Cauvery delta districts drought-affected and supply alleviation to farmers, citing the non-release of h2o from the Mettur dam for kuruvai cultivation this year.
In a statement, helium said retention successful the Mettur reservoir stood astatine lone 41.64 tmcft, resulting successful the hold successful h2o release. He warned that anemic Southwest monsoon conditions and debased retention successful Karnataka reservoirs could severely impact Kuruvai cultivation successful the delta districts.
Stating that inadequate cultivation could pb to accumulation losses of astir ₹2,000 crore and impact lakhs of cultivation labourers, helium called for drought relief, consultations connected alternate short-duration crops, a kuruvai bundle with an input subsidy of ₹5,000 per acre, and uninterrupted three-phase powerfulness proviso for farmers.
