State Seeks CWMA Approval to Reduce Cauvery Water Release
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Indian Abroad News - We Bring You HomeK’taka govt urges CWMA to reduce Cauvery water release to TN
Digital Desk | Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Friday urged the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to reconsider its direction to release 4,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu, citing severe drought conditions and depleted reservoir levels. Water Resources Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy said Karnataka had submitted an official request to the CWMA on Friday seeking a review of the decision ta…
Karnataka has requested the CWMA to reduce the amount of water to be released to Tamil Nadu from 4,000 cusecs to 2,000 cusecs as inflows in Cauvery reservoirs have declined and only 49 TMC of water is available. The plea states that 47 taluks in the valley have been declared as severely drought-hit and significant water cannot be released from KRS and Kabini reservoirs.
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