Mysore/Mysuru, April 29 -- Committee on study tour from Talacauvery in Kodagu to visit Cauvery basin dams

The Cauvery Nadi Rakshana Samithi (Cauvery River Protection Committee) has decided to move the Supreme Court with a writ petition challenging the 2018 verdict on Cauvery water sharing between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, terming it unjust to Karnataka.

At present, Karnataka has been allocated 284.75 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water. The Committee has demanded an additional 70 tmcft of water, along with permission to retain surplus flows that would otherwise drain into the sea. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Jaladarshini Guest House.

Members of the Committee are currently undertaking a study tour, starting from...