Cauvery row: Shivakumar seeks ‘new formula’, BJP lambasts Congress for ‘casual’ approach. 10 points
Cauvery Water egulatory Committee (CWRC) ordered to release of 3,000 cusecs of water at Biligundlu to Tamil Nadu starting from September 28 till October 15, 2023. In the earlier spell, it was 5,000 cusecs.
Though Karnataka approached the Supreme Court appealing against the direction of CWRC saying that it cannot release the water to Tamil Nadu because of poor rainfall this year, the court refused to intervene in the direction. Many protestors were seen raising slogans that the Cauvery River belongs to them.
The police said that more than 50 people from the organisations have been taken into custody to maintain law and order amid the Bandh call. -Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar said on Friday that the state will ask the Cauvery Management Authority (CWMA) to devise a new formula for sharing river water with Tamil Nadu in a rainfall-deficient year.
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