Bengaluru, Sept. 8 -- Karnataka is considering legal action against a Cauvery Water Management Authority directive to release 6,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.

The order has come as Karnataka grapples with reduced inflows into its Cauvery reservoirs. The state government had requested that the release be brought down to 2,000 cusecs from 9,000 cusecs, citing the decline in inflows and the need to safeguard drinking water supplies.

However, the Karnataka government's request was rejected. Tamil Nadu had, meanwhile, pressed for additional water.

Agriculture and District In-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy expressed strong opposition to the decision and said the state could not accept the order under the prevailing...