The Cauvery Water Management Authority has directed Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day for 15 days, upholding a recommendation made by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority on Friday, November 6, according to a report by Prajavani. The order sets a specific daily quantity and duration for the inter-state water release.
The authority’s decision follows the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, which had called for Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days. The Cauvery Water Management Authority upheld that recommendation at its meeting.
The order places the release within the formal framework of the Cauvery water-sharing system, under which decisions on flows between the two states are considered by the designated regulatory bodies. The report did not provide further details on the meeting’s deliberations, the basis for the committee’s recommendation, or the expected impact on reservoirs and water availability in either state.
The decision is significant because it concerns the allocation and movement of water across state boundaries, an issue that requires coordination between state authorities and the Cauvery water management institutions. The 15-day period also makes the order a time-bound direction rather than an open-ended release schedule.
The report did not specify when the release would begin, which Karnataka reservoir or reservoirs would supply the water, or whether the authority announced any additional conditions or monitoring arrangements. It also did not include comments from the Karnataka or Tamil Nadu governments.
The immediate administrative next step is the implementation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s direction for the prescribed 15-day period. Further details on the commencement and monitoring of the release were not available in the report.
