Following legal experts’ opinion on the ongoing row on the release of Cauvery waters during the distress year to Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka government has decided to place the ground reality in the basin area before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). However, at this juncture, there is no question of approaching the Supreme Court, said Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, on Friday.
Mr. Shivakumar, who held a meeting with the Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty, and senior advocates Shyam Divan and Mohan Katarki, who represents Karnataka in the Supreme Court, said the lower riparian State of Tamil Nadu was well aware of the deficient southwest monsoon. Despite the shortfall and distress, Tamil Nadu has not been able to control the area under cultivation, he said.
