New Delhi, July 31 -- CWMA upholds CWRC order on sharing Cauvery River water with neighbouring State; Karnataka suffers a jolt again
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) yesterday upheld the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) recent order to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days.
Following the CWRC order to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka had filed an appeal at CWMA. The CWMA, which met under the Chairmanship of S.K. Haldar, heard the arguments of Additional Chief Secretary of Water Resources Department from Karnataka Gaurav Gupta, who explained the present scenario at the reservoirs with inadequate storage of water while the officials from TN took part in the meeti...