Bengaluru, July 23 -- The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Thursday directed Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to maintain the status quo in Cauvery water sharing and prioritise available water for drinking purposes, declining Tamil Nadu's request for additional water releases from Karnataka in view of the deficient southwest monsoon.
The direction came at the Authority's meeting after Tamil Nadu contended that Karnataka had released only 3.4 TMC of water against the stipulated quantity and sought additional releases.
Karnataka, however, informed the Authority that below-normal monsoon rainfall had resulted in poor inflows into reservoirs across the Cauvery basin, affecting water availability for drinking and other essential needs.
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