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Karnataka Cauvery Water Appeal Set for Supreme Court Hearing
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are disagreeing about how much Cauvery River water should be shared.
A water authority told Karnataka to send Tamil Nadu 6,000 cusecs of water each day for 15 days.
Karnataka has asked the Supreme Court to review that direction.
The case is scheduled to be heard on September 14.
Karnataka says it is facing a serious shortage of water.
The state is giving farmers water on a rotating schedule.
It also wants to save enough water for people to drink from December through June.
The minister said cloud seeding has not worked as expected so far.
Karnataka’s appeal against releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu is scheduled before the Supreme Court on September 14.
The state is challenging a direction to release 6,000 cusecs daily for 15 days.
Minister N Chaluvaraya Swamy said Karnataka continued releasing water while awaiting the hearing on legal advice.
He said the state faces acute water shortages but is supplying farmers rotationally and reserving water for drinking needs.
Swamy also sought progress on the Mahadayi and Mekedatu projects and discussed limited initial results from cloud seeding.
- Who
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery Water Management Authority, and Karnataka Water Resources Minister N Chaluvaraya Swamy.
- What
- Karnataka has appealed against a direction to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.
- Where
- The dispute concerns the Cauvery basin and will be heard by the Supreme Court of India.
- When
- The appeal is scheduled for a Supreme Court hearing on September 14.
- Why
- Karnataka says it is experiencing acute water shortages, while the water authorities directed it to maintain the specified flow to Tamil Nadu.
Karnataka’s Water-Shortage Concerns
Cauvery Water-Release Direction
Whether water should continue being released
Karnataka’s Water-Shortage Concerns
Karnataka says it is facing an acute shortage and needs to protect farmers’ and residents’ water supplies.
Cauvery Water-Release Direction
The Cauvery Water Management Authority upheld the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s direction for Karnataka to ensure a 6,000-cusec flow to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.
How Karnataka should respond
Karnataka’s Water-Shortage Concerns
Karnataka challenged the direction in the Supreme Court and said it continued releasing water until the hearing on legal advice.
Cauvery Water-Release Direction
The authorities’ direction required Karnataka to comply with the specified flow, and the minister said the state had to follow court orders within India’s federal system.
Key facts
- Hearing date
- September 14
- Water direction
- Release 6,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days
- Issuing authority
- Cauvery Water Management Authority
- Underlying recommendation
- The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee recommended the release
- Karnataka’s response
- The state filed an appeal in the Supreme Court
- Farmer support
- Water is being supplied to farmers on a rotational basis
- Drinking-water planning
- The government says it will reserve water in four major Cauvery-basin reservoirs for December through June
Quotes
N Chaluvaraya Swamy
Karnataka Water Resources Minister
“The petition will come up for hearing (on Monday). The state government was compelled to continue releasing water to Tamil Nadu until that day based on the advice of legal experts, as directly approaching the court in violation of the CWRC order could have jeopardised the petition.”
deccanchronicle.com
“Over the last 20 years, this is the year when the least amount of water has been released to Tamil Nadu. Even during similarly difficult situations in the past, there have been instances where 35 TMC of water was released.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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