We can’t follow SC direction: Minister MB Patil
4 TMC water to Tamil Nadu
Bengaluru, May 3: Water Resources Minister MB Patil said that the state government cannot follow the Supreme Court direction of releasing 4 tmc of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as the reservoirs in Karnataka have just 9 tmc of water which will not suffice for drinking and standing crops.
Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, the Minister said that when there shortage of water for drinking purpose in Karnataka, it is impossible to follow the SC direction. So, the government, through its lawyers, would convince the Supreme Court. The factual details would be provided to the SC after discussing the actual situation of the reservoirs with the legal experts. Moreover, Karnataka has already released the share of water till December end to Tamil Nadu, he clarified reiterating that the state is not in a position to follow the direction of the SC in Cauvery water.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
