Hassan: Police took around 50 activists into custody after they attempted to lay siege to Hemavati reservoir at Gorur on Sunday, October 2.
The activists were led by Vatal Nagaraj. They had reached the entrance of the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited office in the village when they were taken into custody by the police.
Nagaraj who spoke to mediapersons earlier said that the State government should not release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, irrespective of the Supreme Court’s orders. “The State government should safeguard the interests of farmers in Karnataka. Besides, the government should provide compensation to farmers who have suffered losses owing to the scarcity of rainfall”, he said.
Nagaraj further said that several organisations would take out a protest march from Mysore Bank Circle to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday to pressurise the government into not releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Leaders of Rajkumar Fans Associations, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike and others were present.
