Cauvery Water: 3 Judge Bench Of Supreme Court To Hear Tamil Nadu's Plea On 25 August

The Supreme Court will hear Tamil Nadu's plea to direct Karnataka to release Cauvery water on 25 August. A three judge bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha and PK Mishra will hear the matter.

On 21 August, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and Additional Advocate General N Anand Tiwari requested the Court for an urgent hearing.

Tamil Nadu has sought the release of 24000 cusecs for the remainder of the month (from 14 August) and make up for the shortfall of 28.849 TMC from 1 June to 31 July. It has also asked the Court to ensure that Karnataka releases 36.76 TMC in September as per the award of the Cauvery Tribunal which was modified by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Earlier this month, officials from Tamil Nadu had walked out of a meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) as Karnataka did not agree to requests by the state on the amount of water to be released.

After Tamil Nadu filed the plea in the Supreme Court last week, Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said that his government would release 10 TMC. He also asked the DMK government to reconsider its opposition to the Mekedatu project.

The Congress government in Karnataka has called for an all-party meeting on the issue on 23 August.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president K Annamalai has criticised Chief Minister MK Stalin for not taking up the issue during his visit to Bangalore for the meeting of opposition parties and writing letters to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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