Cauvery River Water Sharing Dispute - Supreme Court of India(SCI)Orders to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from September 21-27,2016

The Supreme Court of India(SCI)’s order on Tuesday Sep 20,2016 to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from September 21-27 has further worsened the woes of Karnataka.

For the last 10 days, either the SCI or the Cauvery Supervisory Committee has been directing the State government to release different quantities of water.

The Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC), under the chairmanship of the Union Water Resources Secretary, on Monday Sep 19,2016 had directed Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs for 10 days from September 21-30. 

The SCI on Tuesday Sep 20,2016 raised the quantum the fixed by the CSC by another 3,000 cusecs.

Earlier on September 12, 2016 the SCI had ordered release of water from 10-15 days, while reducing the quantum of release of water from 15,000 cusecs to 12,000 cusecs.

On September 5,2016  as an interim relief to Tamil Nadu, the SCI had ordered Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs for 10 days from September 6

SCI Directs the Centre to constitute CWMB within 4 weeks

The SCI has also asked the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB)within four weeks.
That apart, both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka can file objections to the Cauvery Supervisory Committee report in three days.