BENGALURU: Amid the ongoing Cauvery water-sharing dispute, Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday urged Tamil Nadu CM Vijay to postpone his planned Bengaluru visit for talks as protests against the water release order intensified across the state.The development came after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water…
Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra and party workers were detained protesting water release MANDYA: Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra and several party workers were detained on Friday while protesting near the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) dam against the Congress government‘s handling of the Cauvery water dispute, after the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed the…
Cauvery Water Management Authority upholds Karnataka water release directive to Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI: Upholding the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s order, Cauvery Water Management Authority on Thursday directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. As per the direction, Karnataka will have to release a…
The dispute comes amid renewed political exchanges between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River. NEW DELHI: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), which met in New Delhi on Thursday, upheld the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directing Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water…
Bengaluru: After granting Karnataka relief twice in recent weeks, Cauvery Water Regulation Committee Tuesday directed the state to release 3,500 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day for the next 15 days, totalling nearly 4 tmcft.The directive comes at a time when Karnataka is grappling with drought-like conditions, a faltering southwest monsoon and…
Chennai: Senior TVK ministers on Sunday defended chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s approach in Cauvery row stating that Tamil Nadu govt would never let Karnataka build Mekedatu dam.A day after DMK president M K Stalin said Vijay should reconsider his plan to visit Bengaluru to hold talks on Cauvery, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said TVK…
A file photo of the severely depleted Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) reservoir near Srirangapatna in Mandya district, reflecting the acute water shortage in the Cauvery basin amid a weak southwest monsoon. Bengaluru: The threat of an intensifying water crisis overshadowed the Cauvery dispute Tuesday as Karnataka, citing negligible reservoir inflows, rapidly depleting storage levels and…
Mandya: Former minister N Cheluvarayaswamy on Tuesday said that a decision on releasing water from the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir for standing crops and filling lakes in Mandya district, will be taken after Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) meeting on Wednesday, and subsequent consultations with chief minister DK Shivakumar.In a statement, Cheluvarayaswamy said the…
File photo of the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir site across the River Cauvery near Sangama in Kanakapura taluk, about 100 km from Bengaluru. Mekedatu-Location of Cauvery river at Kanakpura taluq, Sangama, 100 km from Bengaluru Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt has told the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, a technical panel, that Karnataka’s claim of poor reservoir…
