Farmers protest demanding ₹2,000 cr. for Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar river linking project

The maiden financial Budget has triggered disappointment among agrarian communities in the southern districts, with farmers criticising the ₹150-crore allocation for the long-awaited Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar link canal project, saying the amount is inadequate to make meaningful progress on the half-century-old dream initiative