"Independent Body Should Take Control Of Cauvery Dams": Tamil Nadu's Anbumani Ramadoss

On a day the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted a resolution urging the Union government to direct Karnataka to release Cauvery water as per the final judgement of the Supreme Court, PMK chief Dr Anbumani Ramadoss mooted the idea of an independent body taking control of the dams in both states and implementing the top court's order similar to the Bhakra Beas Management Board. Besides drinking water requirements, paddy cultivation in around three lakh acres is likely to perish in Tamil Nadu as Karnataka claims inability to share available waters as directed by the Cauvery Water Management Board, citing its own requirements. NDTV's Sam Daniel spoke to PMK chief Dr Anbumani Ramadoss.