May not be feasible to release Cauvery water after September 12, Karnataka tells Supreme Court
The Hindu
Karnataka has informed the Supreme Court that it is facing a “severe drought situation” both in the Cauvery and Krishna basins and it may not be feasible to release any water from its reservoirs after September 12
Karnataka has informed the Supreme Court that it is facing a “severe drought situation” both in the Cauvery and Krishna basins and it may not be feasible to release any water from its reservoirs after September 12.
Blaming Tamil Nadu for its water problems, Karnataka said it would however comply with the Central Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) direction on August 29 to release 5,000 cusecs of water for the next 15 days, that is, till September 12.
Karnataka said the drought situation had put a “heavy burden” on the State government.
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“In the Cauvery basin, at present on September 4, the live storage is 56.043 tmc. The expected inflows are about 40 tmc. As against this kitty or available water, the requirement of Karnataka for the remaining part of the season, taking August 11 as the base, is 140 tmc as submitted before the CWMA. Therefore, I submit that it may not be feasible to further release any water from the reservoirs in Karnataka after September 12, that is, after complying with the directions of the CWMA meeting held on August 29 without risking the needs of Karnataka,” Karnataka said in a rejoinder.
Meanwhile, Karnataka said it had filed a review petition with the CWMA on September 2 to reduce the release of water from 5,000 to 3,000 cusecs per day.
It said a review had been sought on the ground that outflows from the Mettur reservoir in Tamil Nadu had been reduced from 10,000 to 8,000 cusecs, which might indicate water availability from the north-east and/or groundwater resources in the delta region where it existed in abundance.
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