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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu should not play politics: Kamal Haasan on 'satisfying' Cauvery verdict
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 16, 2018 17:18 IST
Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said Friday he was "shocked" by the Supreme Court's decision to reduce Tamil Nadu's share of Cauvery river water, but laid stress on the importance of unity and "amity" between states.
At a brief meeting with reporters in Chennai, he appealed to parties to refrain from politicising the dispute, which has festered for decades and kept Tamil Nadu and Karnataka at loggerheads for decades.
Kamal Haasan expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's declaration that no state could claim ownership of a river. He said Tamil Nadu, and Tamil farmers should work to conserve the water they will now receive: an annual volume of 404,250 million cubic feet.
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