India, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka Government to ensure compliance of the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) direction on the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

While the Tamil Nadu Government claimed before the apex court that the CWMA's direction was not being complied with, the Karnataka Government said the picture being projected was "extremely incorrect". The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) had directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days from August 12. The CWMA subsequently upheld the decision.

On Monday, the Tamil Nadu Government's plea seeking directions to the Karnataka Government for immediate release of the water to it came up for ...