Tamil Nadu walked out of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting on Friday after Karnataka reportedly refused to agree to the release 37.9 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) that is due to Tamil Nadu.
In a brief interaction with the media in Delhi, Sandeep Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary to government, Water Resources Department of Tamil Nadu, said that the State pointed out that 37.9 tmc ft water was deficit [as per the Supreme Court’s judgment in February 2018] as on August 9, 2023. The State demanded the CWMA to issue directions to release water on a daily basis. The State highlighted the problems faced by the farmers in Tamil Nadu.
However, Karnataka reportedly refused to accept the demands of Tamil Nadu. Since it did not appear that a solution would be reached, Tamil Nadu walked out of the meeting, he said. Tamil Nadu has been seeking water from Karnataka to save its ‘kuruvai’ crop in the Cauvery delta region.
