Bringing to an end a long haul of suspense, the Karnataka government has finally agreed to release 6000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu till October 6 in accordance with the Supreme Court order.
The Karnataka government’s decision was communicated to the Supreme Court today by its counsel Fali Nariman.
Nariman informed the apex court that by October 6, Karnataka would be releasing an aggregate quantity of 36,000 cusecs of water to its neighbouring state.
On Monday, the Karnataka Assembly in its special session passed a resolution saying that due to increase of water in the four reservoirs of the basin from 27.6 tmc to 34.13 tmc, it has decided to use water not only for drinking but farming purposes as well.
On September 23, the Karnataka Assembly had unanimously resolved to reserve Cauvery river water for drinking purpose only in view of acute shortage of water in the river.
The Supreme Court had asked Karnataka government on September 30 to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from October 1 till October 6.
The apex court had also asked the Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) to visit both states and file a report on the "ground realities" by October 6.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) will lead a team to survey ground realities and submit a report on 18th Oct, when the next date of hearing is.
