Cauvery Issue: SC Asks Karnataka To Release 2,000 Cusecs of Water
The apex court has also deferred its order asking the Centre to set up Cauvery Management Board.
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There’s seemingly no end to the to and fro on the Cauvery water between the Karnataka government and the Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, the apex court directed the government to release 2,000 cusecs of water daily between 7 October and 18 October.
The court has deferred its order asking the Centre to set up Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB) till it finally decided on appeals relating to the age-old water dispute.
The direction comes after Centre opposed the formation of CMB saying that the Board “can’t be set up like this and has to go to Parliament.”
Instead, the apex court agreed to the suggestion that a Supervisory Committee, comprising officials and technical experts from the Centre, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry, be set up to inspect Cauvery basin for assessing ground realities.
The chairman of the Central Water Commission will lead the team which will submit a report on 17 October. The matter will now be heard on 18 October.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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