The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on Monday ordered Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs of water till September 30 after the state chief secretary Arvind Jadhav refused to release more water saying that state is not in a position to release even a drop of water.
The Union Water Resources secretary Shashi Shekhar who chaired the CMC meeting said that Karnataka had been ordered to release 3000 cusecs of water till this month end.
The Supreme Court order in which it directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs of water per day comes to an end on Tuesday.
But the CMC analysed the available data and concluded that Karnataka should release 3000 cusecs of water from Wednesday. This order can be challenged before the Supreme Court by both the states.
According to ground reports on an average 6000-7000 cusecs of water flows into TN from Karnataka and it is called a natural flow of water.
The experts feel that actually Karnataka does not need to release any water from its reservoirs in the state to honour the CMC decision.
The CMC will meet once again in October to decide future release of the water.
Karnataka water resources minister M B Patil said that the state was not in a position to release the water and the outflow continues like this Cauvery basin in Karnataka could become another Latur, the worst drought hit district in Maharashtra.
Anticipating trouble Karnataka police have made elaborate security arrangements across the Cauvery basin districts including state capital Bengaluru.
Two weeks ago the SC had ordered Karnataka to release 15000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till September 20. It led to wide spread violence in both the states killing two and damaging properties worth several crores.
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