A day after the Supreme Court refused to intervene either in favour of Karnataka or Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery dispute, the State Cabinet decided to comply with the order of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on releasing water to the neighbouring State till September 26.
Briefing presspersons after a Cabinet meeting on Friday, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Water Resources portfolio, said that daily 3,000 to 3,500 cusecs of water was flowing from the Krishnaraja Sagar and Kabini reservoir to Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Shviakumar said the State would release water to Tamil Nadu till September 26. Karnataka would provide the water level situation in the State reservoirs at the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting on September 26. The CWMA endorsed the recommendation of the CWRC and ordered the release of 5,000 cusecs for 15 days. The CWMA meeting was held against the backdrop of Karnataka’s refusal to comply with the CWRC’s latest directive on September 12.
