Bengaluru: It is unlikely that Karnataka will implement the order of Supreme Court to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water a day toTamil Nadu from September 21 to 27. CM Siddaramaiah will take a final decision on the matter at a cabinet meeting today.
According to Siddaramaiah, “the meeting will discuss the situation and consider the possibility of not implementing the directive, this will be followed by an all-party meeting.”
Karnataka has gone to the court to complain that the Cauvery Supervisory Committee had no authority to direct it to release 3,000 cusecs, but was ordered to release double that amount.
After the Supreme Court directed the state government to release 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the massive protests erupted in Karnataka, especially on the streets of Bengaluru and Mysuru.
