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Tamil Nadu moves SC for immediate release of Cauvery water by Karnataka

The Tamil Nadu government on August 14 moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to Karnataka to forthwith release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water from its reservoirs, at Biligundlu for the remaining period of the month, starting from August 14.

The State said the release of water is a dire necessity to meet the pressing demands of the standing crops.

A water measuring station, set up by the Central Water Commission at Biligundlu in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, records the Cauvery inflows into the State.

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