Chennai sources have reported that Tamilnadu would never be able to get Cauvery water from Karnataka, declared BJP Rajya Sabha member Dr Subramanian Swamy, insisting that setting up desalination plants along the coastline was the only answer to the state’s water crisis. Dr. Swamy said “People must first decide what they want water or Cauvery water? If they want Cauvery water, they will never be able to get that. Let Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami ask him if he does not know and he shall get four desalination plants from Israel for installation here”.
Meanwhile to another question on inadequate allocations for TN in the Central Budget, Dr Swamy said the TN MPs should function effectively in the Parliament to secure enough funds and projects for the state.
Moreover even on January 30, he had tweeted “Tamilnadu
CM must stop begging for Cauvery water from Karnataka govt. He should instead
set up four desalination plants on the TN coast”. Further that tweet got
huge response in social media with many raising questions how water from
desalination plants could be pumped across vast hinterland to reach the delta
farmers the distance, the cost of maintenance and diesel.
