This year’s southwest monsoon has smashed all previous records in the realisation of Cauvery water by Tamil Nadu.
An State government official says that until now, the cumulative realisation since June 1 would have touched 460 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft), though the data (up to October 2), as cleared by the Central Water Commission (CWC), put it at 454.6 tmc ft.
In the last four days, the State received at least one tmc ft a day, the official says, adding that given the current trend and nearly eight more months left of this water year, the total realisation is likely to cross the 500-tmc ft mark by May 2023.
