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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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
