Close on the heels of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) recommending that Karnataka release 2,600 cusecs of Cauvery waters a day for 15 days from November 1, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who holds Water Resources portfolio, on Monday asserted that the State did not have any water to release for Tamil Nadu.
“The inflow into Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) is nil. We do not have enough water to release to Tamil Nadu. We do not have the strength to release the water,” Mr. Shivakumar said.
“The natural release from KRS and Kabini reservoirs is 815 cusecs a day. There is just about 51 tmcft of water in the Cauvery basin [reservoirs],” the Deputy Chief Minister told presspersons here.
