Cauvery row: Karnataka refuses to budge, calls legislature session to decide on SC order

Karnataka government on Saturday refused to budge from its stand on Cauvery water, a day after the Supreme Court gave the "last opportunity" to comply with its order to release 6,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu. An all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday told the government not to release "at any cost" 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and also asked it to oppose the formation of the Board. Taking Karnataka to task for its repeated "defiance" by flouting its orders on release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and giving it a last chance, the Supreme Court had yesterday asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs from October 1 to 6, warning no one would know when the "wrath of the law" would fall on it. On September 27, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu for three days, despite the resolution passed by the state legislature.