The Supreme Court of India told the state of Karnataka today,’live an dlet live’, urging karnataka to take into consideration, releasing water from river Cauvery to neighbour Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court asked Karnataka to give information to it on Monday about how much water it can release to Tamil Nadu.
“Both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should maintain harmony in the water dispute,” said the Supreme Court.
The farmers in Tamil Nadu are protesting against the Karnataka government for not releasing water despite a court-appointed tribunal ordering it.”When there is deficit in the release of water some attempts have to be made by Karnataka so that Tamil Nadu can survive as an entity,” The judges said today.
The government of Karnataka argued saying that there is no water in its reservoirs when Tamil Nadu went to the Supreme Court saying it had received less water than what was promised to them.
The Supreme Court of India said,”You can’t say you are not bothered about the Tribunal’s (decision). If the tribunal determined the formula, how can you get away from it?”
According to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal decision, Karnataka has an obligation to deliver 192 thousand million cubic feet of water to Tamil Nadu every year. However, this year Karnataka has failed to even meet its monthly quotas.
Tamil Nadu wants the release of at least 25 thousand million cubic feet of water by Karnataka immediately.
