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Karnataka to hold all-party meet on Cauvery water issue

Karnataka to hold all-party meet on Cauvery water issue
Karnataka CM proposes all-party meet on Cauvery water issue: Parameshwara · theprint.in

Karnataka has been told to release a certain amount of water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka says it doesn't have enough water, even for drinking, and is not happy about this.

The Chief Minister of Karnataka wants to have a meeting with all political parties to discuss what to do.

Tamil Nadu wants its share of water and doesn't like Karnataka's plan to build a dam called Mekedatu.

Karnataka says it will release water when it has enough, and the Prime Minister can't decide this—only the court can.

Both states are trying to talk and solve the problem, but some people are protesting.

Key facts

Water Release Directed
3,500 cusecs at Biligundlu for 15 days
Water Volume
4 TMC
Proposed Meeting
All-party meeting in Karnataka
Tamil Nadu CM Visit
Possible visit on August 3
Mekedatu Project
Multi-purpose project for drinking water and power generation

Quotes

G. Parameshwara

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister

“"When the situation this time is such that we don’t even have enough drinking water, how justified is it to ask us to maintain a flow of 3,500 cusecs? When we have water, we will release it; there is no issue. The CM has proposed convening an all-party meeting to discuss the matter."”
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“"The CM has proposed to call an all-party meeting on this. Such issues keep arising. When water is available, they (Tamil Nadu) need not ask; we release it. Whether it was last year or the year before, we released more water than what was allocated to them."”
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