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Sir for the benefit of all our hon. Members, under the visionary leadership of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji, in December, 2002, the Government of India, then NDA in which my dear colleague, Shri T.R. Baalu, was also a Minister, announced implementation of inter-linking of river water.  It was a historic decision by the Government of India.  We also formulated a Task Force. … (Interruptions)
MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record except the speech of Shri Anantha Kumar.
(Interruptions) …* SHRI ANANTH KUMAR : We also formulated a Task Force under the leadership of my colleague, Shri Suresh Prabhu.

THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI T.R. BAALU): If he yields, I would make a small submission… (Interruptions)  I am not going to discuss anything.

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: He is only requesting the Central Government.  Let him speak.

SHRI T.R. BAALU: Sir, my friend  was talking about the Tribunals and on the verdict.  He said that it should not be notified in the gazette.   It is not today but from the very beginning,  it is the intention of my friend Shri Ananth Kumar and others... (Interruptions) It is the intention of the Kannadigas from 1990 onwards… (Interruptions)

SHRI ANANTH KUMAR : Sir, what is this?… (Interruptions)

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: He can intervene.

… (Interruptions)

SHRI T.R. BAALU:  Sir, I have got the right to intervene… (Interruptions)  Mr. Ananth Kumar, you have yielded.  I have the right to intervene… (Interruptions)  I have not finished my submission… (Interruptions) Why are you afraid of it?… (Interruptions)  I am simply quoting just two lines from The Hindu dated June 6, 1990… (Interruptions)

MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record except the intervention of the hon. Minister.

            Maritime Institute has been set up in Chennai at the instance of our Hon. Minister Shri T.R.Baalu. let me thank him and the Union Government.

            Country is progressing towards prosperity under the UPA regime and is stepping in to the 60th year of our independence.

            Cauvery River Water Tribunal has given the Final Award and it is equivalent to the pronouncement from Supreme Court, the apex court of the country. If our bretheren from Karnataka are upset with the award then they must understand that they can go in appeal before the Tribunal before the expiry of 90  days.  Cauvery Dispute that remains a vexed issue for the past 30 years  more has given rise to many problem coming in the way of good neighbourly relations.  The situation is vitiated and normalcy is under threat.  In order to ensure free movement of people from one state to another the Union Government must ensure safety and security to the lives and properties of the people.  The Tamils living in Karnataka are not really safe.  Even MPs like me do not feel free to come to Bangalore and board flight to Delhi in a relaxed way.  I urge upon our Karnataka brethren to ensure adopting peaceful means and desist from vitiating the atmosphere. We are all brothers from the sister states of the south, the neighborly states adjoining one another.  We the MPs of Tamil Nadu are insisting upon not to take up the issue in this House in order to avoid vitiating the atmosphere.  This is not a problem confined to two states.  I t involves almost all the southern states.  On behalf of DMK, I urge upon the Union government of notify the Final Award from the Cauvery Tribunal to put an end to this vexing problem once and for all.