Tamil Nadu’s Budget 2026 includes allocations aimed at expediting the Cauvery–Vaigai–Gundar river-linking project and supporting ecological restoration of the Cauvery Delta. Reporting focuses on the Delta region’s farming organisations, which welcome the proposed push to accelerate the river-linking work. They also seek additional steps alongside the allocations, including studies on constructing barrages across the Cauvery and further measures tied to delta restoration.
While the farmers’ groups acknowledge the funding for river linking and restoration, they call for higher overall spending on agriculture. Their requests also extend to policy support for farmers, including crop loan waiver measures and improved procurement prices. The sources present the reaction as generally positive toward the river-linking and restoration components, but note that farmers want the Budget to devote more resources to farm-sector relief and income support in addition to infrastructure and environmental work.
All accounts frame the Budget items as part of a broader plan to address water availability and delta ecology, while also highlighting ongoing demands from farming communities for stronger agricultural support.
