1. Karnataka to appeal recommendation to release 5,000 cusecs per day of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
A day after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) recommended the release of 5,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, Karnataka has decided to appeal citing the poor quantum of storage in four reservoirs owing to a record deficit rainfall in August. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, will meet the legal team in Delhi on September 13 night before the Karnataka government takes any decision on release of water.
On September 13, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired an emergency all-party meeting in Bengaluru to inform the opposition about the developments and elicit their feedback. In August 2023, the Cauvery basin in Karnataka recorded the least rainfall in the last 125 years. While the forecast for the requirement of Cauvery water in Karnataka till next monsoon was about 106 TMC, the current availability is 53 TMC.
