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Karnataka Tamil Nadu Cauvery water dispute intensifies
The Hindu··3 Aug
A distress situation has developed in the Cauvery basin after a weak southwest monsoon start. Billigundulu recorded barely one tmc ft in July against 31 tmc ft due. Tamil Nadu received about 3.6 tmc ft from June 1 to July-end. The CWMA ratified a directive for Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs daily for 15 days from July 29.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should track Cauvery releases as July flows at Billigundulu reached barely one thousand million cubic feet against 31 tmc ft due.
- Residents of Bengaluru and Chennai may face drinking water pressure if upstream states withhold irrigation releases during a weak monsoon.
- Anyone in the delta districts can follow political bandhs and protests planned around the Aadi Perukku festival on August 3.
What's Happening
- A distress situation has developed in the Cauvery basin after a weak first half of the southwest monsoon.
- Billigundulu recorded barely one tmc ft in July against the stipulated 31 tmc ft; Tamil Nadu received about 3.6 tmc ft from June 1 to July-end.
- The CWMA ratified a directive for Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs daily for 15 days from July 29.
Billigundulu Flows Fall Short Again
- Pro-Kannada groups called a Karnataka bandh on August 13 while the DMK planned a stir in Thanjavur on August 3.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay reached out to Karnataka's D.K. Shivakumar, who asked him to defer an August 3 Bengaluru visit.
- No distress-sharing formula has been agreed between the riparian states since a failed attempt nearly 25 years ago.
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