SC to hear TN's plea on cauvery issue on Aug 13
New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear Tamil Nadu's plea seeking directions to Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) decision to release 3,500 cusecs of water per day for 15 days from the Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagara reservoirs.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant agreed to list the matter on Thursday after senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan, appearing for Tamil Nadu, made an urgent mentioning before him.
The DMK's application seeking similar directions against Karnataka is also likely to come up for hearing on the same day.
Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court alleging that Karnataka has "wilfully" disobeyed the July 30 decision of the CWMA, which endorsed the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) for the release of 3,500 cusecs per day for 15 days from July 29. The state has sought directions to ensure that the mandated release reaches the inter-state border point at Billigundulu and that Karnataka also makes good the accumulated shortfall in releases.
The latest dispute comes at a critical point in the Cauvery irrigation calendar in Tamil Nadu, with the Cauvery Delta dependent on flows into the Mettur reservoir for the Kuruvai paddy crop and preparations for the Samba crop....
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