The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) is going to hold an emergency meeting on the afternoon of Monday, September 18 2023, in the light of Karnataka’s refusal to comply with the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) ’s latest direction on September 12, to continue releasing 5,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) of water to Tamil Nadu, for another 15 days.
The agenda of the meeting is to discuss the quantum of water release to Tamil Nadu, according to sources. Though the meeting will take place in a hybrid mode, representatives of the Tamil Nadu government, led by Sandeep Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary (Water Resources) will take part in the deliberations personally.
Though Karnataka implemented the CWMA’s decision of releasing 5,000 cusecs for 15 days (August 29 - September 12) and released 7.17 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) against the stipulated 6.48 tmc ft for the period, it did not agree with the CWRC’s fiat from the beginning.