Poor monsoon and no Cauvery water: distress in Tamil Nadu’s delta region this kharif season
The hot winds sweeping across the ancient Kallanai, which should be brimming with water by now, are raising temperatures across the Cauvery delta this year. A weak southwest monsoon and the vexed inter-State river water sharing dispute with Karnataka have left farmers in the region in distress yet again. As the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur…
