Direct Karnataka to release backlog of 17.604 tmcft Cauvery water: T.N. to Supreme Court
Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31
The Tamil Nadu government has asked the Supreme Court to order Karnataka to release the remaining 17.604 tmcft of Cauvery water from their reservoirs. This request, filed in a supplementary affidavit by senior advocates G. Umapathy and C.S. Vaidyanathan, comes as the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) is set to meet. Tamil Nadu argues that the farmers of the Cauvery Delta are suffering due to the lack of adequate water for irrigation, particularly affecting the Kuruvai season and the samba crop.
The CWMA had previously directed Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water between August 26 and September 8, but Tamil Nadu claims this order does not account for the backlog of 17.415 TMC. The court is scheduled to hear the case on August 31.
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