Can't release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu now, Karnataka tells SC

September 26, 2016 10:52

Cauvery row: Karnataka tells Supreme Court it can't release water to Tamil Nadu now, can do so only by year end.

Acting on the mandate from both the Houses of the legislature to draw Cauvery water only for drinking purposes of Bengaluru and other towns in the State, Karnataka filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a modification of the apex courts order of September 20.

The Supreme Court order had asked Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water on a daily basis from September 21 to 27.

This is what the SC directive said: Read

Image: Former PM HD Deve Gowda, extreme left, speaks with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah during an all party meeting on the Cauvery water sharing issue last week.

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