This is an archive article published on July 12, 2024

Karnataka govt to appeal against Cauvery panel directive on water release to Tamil Nadu

Despite forecasts for normal rains this time, there is a deficit of 28 per cent in inflow so far, the Karnataka CM said.

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A total of only 60 tmcft of water is available in all the four reservoirs of Cauvery basin in the state. (Express Archives)

By: PTI

2 min readKarnatakaJul 12, 2024 09:52 PM IST First published on: Jul 12, 2024 at 07:17 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said an appeal will be filed against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) directive to the State to release one tmcft of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu daily till the end of this month.

After a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who is also the Water Resources Minister, Ministers from the Cauvery river basin area, and officials, he also said that an all-party meeting will be held on July 14 to decide on the state’s next course of action.

“Despite forecasts for normal rains this time, there is a deficit of 28 per cent in inflow so far. This was clearly stated by us in our stand before the CWRC. Also, we requested not to take any decision till the end of July, still CWRC has asked to release one tmcft of water every day from July 12,” Siddaramaiah said.

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