Cauvery Water Management Authority upholds Cauvery Water Regulation Committee direction to Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs a day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days
India’s Cauvery Water Management Authority confirmed that Karnataka must comply with the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s order to release 3,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days. Karnataka had claimed severe hydrological stress, citing a 54% shortfall in cumulative inflows to its four Cauvery basin reservoirs. The decision reinforces the committee’s mandate to balance water distribution.