Cauvery Issue: HD Deve Gowda gets emotional, says 'I'm alive not for politics or power'| WATCH

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ANI, HD Devegowda said, “I request the Center to send a team to Karnataka and let them investigate the present water situation in the state...I'm alive not for politics or power. We are here to save the people of the state, my party exists for this." Gowda further noted, “I have made an appeal to the PM on the prevailing situation. In my letter to the PM, I wrote that the Jal Shakti department should file a review petition and a committee of experts should be sent to Karnataka to study the water and standing crop situation." The protestors demanded the sharing of Cauvery water to save the standing ‘kuruvai’ crop cultivation in Tamil Nadu.

The ongoing Cauvery conflict between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has escalated in recent times. This escalation began when farmer groups in Karnataka initiated protests against the transfer of water to Tamil Nadu. Their contention is that the state's reservoirs are currently experiencing water scarcity due to inadequate rainfall in the Cauvery basin during this year.

Also Read: Bengaluru news: Farmers, pro-Kannada outfits stage protest in Mandya over Cauvery row The visuals from Trichy showed the protestors raising slogans demanding the release of water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu and saving farmers. Earlier, on Sunday, a group of farmers in Trichy staged a protest by standing in the Cauvery River water over the ongoing dispute with Karnataka. Both states have been witness to protests after Karnataka hardened its stance on sharing Cauvery water citing severe drought in parts of the state.