Chief Ministers of TN and Karnataka Ms Jayalalthaa and Jagadish Shettar attended the 7th meeting of the Cauvery River
Authority (CRA) chaired by Manmohan Singh at his residence here along
with Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and Kerala Water Resources
Minister P.J. Joseph, who was standing in for an indisposed Chief
Minister Oomen Chandy.
Note - The CRA meeting was convened after a gap of nine years, with the last meeting held in 2003 under the chairmanship of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"After discussion, and based on the principle that distress needs to be shared among the basin states, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ruled that it was appropriate that Karnataka releases 9,000 cusecs of water daily from Sep 20 to Oct 15,2012'' after the Karnataka State refused to accept TN’s demand for 2 tmcft water for 24 days or 1 tmcft for 30 days.
Jagadish Shettar, interacting with reporters soon after, said: "We told the prime minister that the state is not in a position to release the water and walked out in protest."
SC Bench Directs Karnataka to Comply with CRA Order
The Supreme Court on Friday Sep 28,2012 expressed its displeasure over Karnataka not complying with a direction issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, heading the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to October 15,2012.
Note - The CRA meeting was convened after a gap of nine years, with the last meeting held in 2003 under the chairmanship of then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
"After discussion, and based on the principle that distress needs to be shared among the basin states, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ruled that it was appropriate that Karnataka releases 9,000 cusecs of water daily from Sep 20 to Oct 15,2012'' after the Karnataka State refused to accept TN’s demand for 2 tmcft water for 24 days or 1 tmcft for 30 days.
Jagadish Shettar, interacting with reporters soon after, said: "We told the prime minister that the state is not in a position to release the water and walked out in protest."
SC Bench Directs Karnataka to Comply with CRA Order
The Supreme Court on Friday Sep 28,2012 expressed its displeasure over Karnataka not complying with a direction issued by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, heading the Cauvery River Authority (CRA), to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to October 15,2012.
A Bench comprising Justice D.K. Jain and Justice Madan
B. Lokur told counsel V.N. Raghupathy, appearing for Karnataka: “This is
an order passed by the Prime Minister. But you don’t want to comply… It
is really unfortunate that nobody is prepared to listen to the Prime
Minister, who is the highest executive authority. Have we reached that
stage when you say to the Prime Minister, ‘you pass an order, we will
not comply with it’? We are sorry for the kind of respect you have for
the Prime Minister.”
The Bench directed Karnataka to
comply with the CRA’s order. It issued notice to Karnataka seeking its
response within a week to Tamil Nadu’s application, and a rejoinder from
Tamil Nadu within a week thereafter.
Withhold water release order, Karnataka tells CRA
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who chaired an all-party meeting here on Saturday Sep 29,2012 to discuss the Cauvery issue, said later: “We will fax our representation to the CRA since this is an emergent matter. The next course of action will be [decided] only after the response from the CRA.
The Karnataka government will submit a letter to the Prime Minister-led Cauvery River Authority to act swiftly on its request to withhold the September 19 order that directed the State to release 9,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu until October 15 ,2012.
Saturday’s decision is a repeat of the exercise and
comes after the Supreme Court’s observation on Friday that Karnataka
abide by the CRA order.
Mr. Shettar, along with
Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai, held detailed discussions
with legal experts in New Delhi on Friday to finalise the State’s
stand, especially since the State could face contempt action if it
failed to implement the court’s directive.
Karnataka Release Water - Sunday Sep 30,2012
Karnataka has been releasing 9,000 cusecs since Sunday, in compliance with a Supreme Court directive.
Several thousand activists of 'Karnataka Rakshana Vedike' (Karnataka
Protection Forum) took out a march from National College grounds in
south Bangalore to Freedom Park in city centre.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday Oct 8,2012 held consultations with Congress
leaders from Karnataka on sharing the water of the Cauvery River with
Tamil Nadu during which they told him about the "grim" situation in
Karnataka.
Karnataka Release Water - Sunday Sep 30,2012
Karnataka has been releasing 9,000 cusecs since Sunday, in compliance with a Supreme Court directive.
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