The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of the share of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu government alleges that the quantum allocated to it by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) as well as that released by its neighbour Karnataka was far less.
A CWRC meeting held on 28th of last month directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs for 15 days starting 29th of July, an order which was upheld by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) later.
The Tamil Nadu government said, however, the quantum of water released at Biligundlu ranged between 158 and 550 cusecs from 29th of July till yesterday.
A press release issued by the state government said as of today, the combined total storage in the reservoirs in Karnataka stood at 77.537 Thousand Million Cubic feet and Karnataka would face no difficulty in releasing Tamil Nadu’s due share proportionately.
The Centre had constituted the CWMA in 2018 to address the dispute over sharing of river water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.
