Cauvery dispute: Karnataka Cabinet decides against releasing water to Tamil Nadu

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Supreme Court's order is "unimplementable" as the state is facing an acute shortage of water.

Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramiah, Union Ministers Sadananda Gowda, Anantha Kumar and BJP leader R Ashok, and Eshwarappa, JDS leader Kumaraswamy, Congress leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge, M Veerappa Moily and others during all party meeting on cauvery water dispute at Vidhan Soudha in Bangalore on September 5. (Source: PTI)

A day after the Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of water from Cauvery everyday till September 27, the state Cabinet on Wednesday decided against releasing the water to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters that the Cabinet has decided to defer releasing of water. He also requested the state governor to convene both Houses on September 23 at 11 am to discuss the issue. This development comes after Siddaramaiah chaired an all-party meeting in Bengaluru today evening over the Cauvery dispute. The outcome of the meeting is still unknown.

On Tuesday, Siddaramaiah told news agency ANI that the apex court’s order is “unimplementable” as the state is facing an acute shortage of water. The court directed the state to release the water after taking into account the “ground realities”. It also directed the Central Government to constitute and notify the Cauvery Management Board within four weeks. The court’s order comes after the Cauvery Suprevisory Committee in its report directed Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till the end of the month. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were given three days time to appeal against the supervisory committee’s report.

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