Citing drought-like situation, Ktaka CM says will seek SC injunction on release of Cauvery water to TN
Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the state government will appeal in the Supreme Court for an injunction against the CWMA order that stipulates the release of about 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu till September 28.
Siddarmaiah also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in this regard.
The order by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) came on September 18.
Siddarmaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar are likely to meet the Union Jal Shakti Minister to discuss this matter.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi urged the Congress government in Karnataka not to «politicise» the matter as the state has agreed to release 2,500 cusecs out of 5,000 cusecs of water to TN.
The issue was discussed in a meeting with all Members of Parliament and Union Ministers from Karnataka in the national capital here. Barring Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, all MPs from the state attended the meeting.
«The state is in distress as we have not received enough rainfall.
There is a drought-like situation in the state. Out of 230 taluks, 195 taluks have been declared as drought-hit.
In a meeting to be held soon, another 20-odd taluks will be declared drought-hit,» Siddaramaiah told reporters after the meeting.
August month saw a rainfall shortage for the first time in 123 years. In times of distress, there is no formula to decide how much water to be released for Tamil Nadu, he said.
«Unfortunately, there is no distress formula to address this suffering.
....We cannot release water. We will appeal to the Supreme Court for an injunction against the CWMA order...,» he said.
The chief minister also shared that the Supreme Court, in the modified order, had
