Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar has said that Karnataka will place before the Supreme Court, which will hear Tamil Nadu’s plea for release of its allotment of Cauvery river water for the month of August, the facts about Karnataka’s dire water situation.
Speaking to the media regarding the release of Cauvery water, he said: “The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has told us to release 10,000 cusecs of water daily till August 31. Karnataka needs a total of 124 tmcft of water to meet its basic needs. However, we now only have 55 tmcft available in the Cauvery basin. Around 24 tmcft of water is needed for drinking purposes for Bengaluru city alone. Another 20 tmcft of water is required for drinking purposes in Mysuru, Mandya, and Ramanagara.”
