The opening of the Mettur dam in Salem, for irrigation in the Cauvery delta missed its customary date of June 12 this year. Meanwhile, the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee ’s meeting, the first during the current water year of 2024-25, has been postponed to June 14 from June 13, in view of the preoccupation of officials of the Tamil Nadu …
Bengaluru: To Tamil Nadu’s demand of 14 tmc water release from Karnataka, Cauvery Water Regulation Committee on Tuesday asked Karnataka to continue its water to Tamil Nadu till January. However, the water release to Tamil Nadu will be 3128 cusecs till December and later the water release will be 1030 cusecs till January. Earlier, Karnataka appealed to the CWRC that …
A day after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee recommended release of 5,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, Karnataka decided to appeal against it, citing the poor quantum of storage in four reservoirs owing to a record deficit rainfall in August. While 33 tmcft is needed for drinking water, 3 tmcft is required for industrial use, …
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, on Wednesday, assured farmers of the Cauvery delta that the State government would make all efforts to ensure that they were not affected in any way. Answering questions of journalists on the reported refusal of the Karnataka government to comply with the latest decision of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to release 5,000 cubic …
Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Cauvery Command Area Development Authority urging the Karnataka Government to protect farmers’ interest. The farmers, led by KRRS leader Badagalpura Nagendra, protested against the directive of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to Karnataka to release water at the rate of 5,000 cusecs per day …