Source: The Hindu, Chennai, May, 2017 :- Standing on the banks of the dry Cauvery
river channel,P. Elango, a textile
processing unit owner in Komarapalayam, a textile town in Namakkal district,
recalls how the units were asked to stop drawing water from the river, the only
sourcethey depended on, over a decade
ago.Nearly 15 years after the textile processing units were issued that notice,
the textile town is facing a grave situation this summer. “We then
received notice from the government asking us not to draw water for industrial
use for a month. We are facing a similar situation now and the water cut may
last longer this time,” said Mr. Elango of SSM Processing Mill.