The Hindu

Vijays proposed visit to Bengaluru kindles public curiosity about similar missions in the mid-1980s

In January and February 1986 and 1987, Chief MinisterM.G.Ramachandran despatched his Ministers to Bengaluru to meet their counterparts and Karnataka Chief MinisterRamakrishnaHegdeand persuade them to release water for saving the paddy crop raised during the long-termsambacultivation season