Cauvery water row: Supreme Court to hear Tamil Nadu plea against Karnataka on August 17

The
matte
was
scheduled
fo
hea i g
afte
the
Sup eme
Cou t
said
o
August
12.

NEW
DELHI:
The
Sup eme
Cou t
is
set
to
hea
o
Mo day
the
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t’s
plea
seeki g
di ectio s
to
Ka ataka
to
elease
its
due
sha e
of
Cauve y
wate
immediately.The
case
is
listed
befo e
a
be ch
of
Justices
Vik am
Nath
a d
Sa deep
Mehta,
acco di g
to
the
cou t’s
cause
list
fo
August
17.The
matte
was
scheduled
fo
hea i g
afte
the
Sup eme
Cou t
said
o
August
12
that
petitio s
filed
by
Tamil
Nadu
a d
othe s,
i cludi g
the
DMK,
would
be
take
up
o
August
17.Tamil
Nadu
app oached
the
top
cou t
o
August
3,
a gui g
that
it
was
ot
eceivi g
its
allocated
sha e
of
Cauve y
wate
despite
the
state
faci g
a
ai -deficie t
yea .The
state
gove me t
has
alleged
that
both
the
qua tity
ecomme ded
fo
elease
by
the
Cauve y
Wate
Regulatio
Committee
a d
the
actual
wate
supplied
by
Ka ataka
we e
fa
below
its
equi eme t.ALSO
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Mekedatu
p oject
lo g-te m
solutio
to
Cauve y
wate
dispute:
Mi iste

Tamil
Nadu
flags
sho tfall
i
wate
elease

At
a
meeti g
o
July
28,
the
Cauve y
Wate
Regulatio
Committee
di ected
Ka ataka
to
elease
3,500
cusecs
of
wate
to
Tamil
Nadu
fo
15
days
f om
July
29.Tamil
Nadu,
howeve ,
said
the
actual
flow
eco ded
at
Biligu dlu
o
the
Ka ataka-Tamil
Nadu
bo de
was
o ly
betwee
158
a d
550
cusecs
f om
July
29
to
August
2.The
state
gove me t
also
poi ted
to
wate
sto age
levels
i
Ka ataka’s
fou
ese voi s.
As
of
August
3,
the
combi ed
sto age
i
the
K ish a
Raja
Saga a,
Kabi i,
Ha a gi
a d
Hemavathy
ese voi s
was
77.537
TMC,
acco di g
to
a
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t
stateme t.

Tamil
Nadu
a gued
that
Ka ataka
would
be
able
to
elease
its
due
sha e
without
faci g
difficulty.

State
claims
26.954
TMC
is
due

Tamil
Nadu
said
ece t
ai fall
i
the
catchme t
a eas
of
the
KRS
a d
Kabi i
ese voi s
had
i c eased
the
amou t
of
wate
that
should
flow
to
the
state.

Acco di g
to
the
state
gove me t,
the
p opo tio ate
qua tity
due
at
Biligu dlu
should
be
26.954
TMC.”Acco di gly,
the
Cauve y
Wate
Ma ageme t
Autho ity
o de
allocati g
4.536
TMC
is
ve y
less,”
the
elease
added.Tamil
Nadu
has
alleged
that
Ka ataka
has
“failed”
to
elease
its
due
sha e
a d
mai tai ed
that
the
state
should
eceive
26.954
TMC.The
Sup eme
Cou t
will
ow
hea
the
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t’s
plea
seeki g
immediate
di ectio s
to
Ka ataka
ove
the
elease
of
the
Cauve y
wate .ALSO
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Wate
eleased
f om
KRS?
BJP
claim
puts
Ka ataka
govt
o
spot