CHENNAI, Aug. 4 -- Farmers from the Cauvery delta districts, particularly Thanjavur and Nagapattinam, on Monday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government provide adequate compensation amid poor rainfall and Karnataka's alleged failure to release sufficient water to the state.

Farmers representing the Desiya Thennindhiya Nathigal Innaipu Vivasayigal Sangam staged a protest by burying themselves in sand near the banks of the Cauvery river in Tiruchirappalli, seeking the intervention of chief minister C Joseph Vijay.

Flaying the Karnataka government for allegedly not implementing Supreme Court orders, the association's president P Ayyakannu claimed that it was refusing to release even 3,500 cusecs of water.

"Today, due to heavy rains in Ker...