Protests erupt in Mysuru, Mandya; High Police alert on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning refused to interfere with the orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directing the Karnataka government to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu as per CWMA and CWRC…
Farmers, pro-Kannada activists take to streets in Mysuru, Mandya
September 21, 2023Mysuru/Mandya: Following the Supreme Court’s decision not to interfere with the orders from the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, protests erupted in Mysuru and Mandya. In Mysuru, the major protest was held at the CADA Office where…
Farmers’ protests erupt in Mandya, Ramanagara
September 13, 2023Mandya: Farmers and residents of Mandya, who have been grappling with insufficient rainfall, have strongly opposed the recommendation of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). The CWRC has suggested that Karnataka release 5,000 cubic feet of water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. Protests erupted in Mandya and Ramanagara immediately after the…
Cauvery water released to Tamil Nadu on CWMA’s direction: CM Siddharamaiah
September 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the State Government has released Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu only to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s (CWMA) directions, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah lashed out at the BJP for playing politics over Cauvery dispute. Speaking to media persons at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli here upon his arrival this morning to take…
Supreme Court to hear Cauvery water-sharing dispute on Sept. 6
September 2, 2023New Delhi: The Supreme Court has posted for Sept. 6 matter relating to the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra was informed yesterday that in pursuance to its Aug. 25 direction, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has submitted its report relating to…
Karnataka complied with our order: Cauvery Authority in SC
September 1, 2023New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court yesterday. In the affidavit, the CWMA stated that it had directed Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water at Biligundlu for the next 15 days from…
SC order on Mekedatu project will be followed: Cauvery Authority
January 12, 2023Karaikal (Puducherry): The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) said that it will follow the Supreme Court (SC) order in respect of Mekedatu drinking water project, which has been a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The statement comes a day after a team of CWMA officials, along wth Tamil Nadu PWD officials, visited…
Release June, July quantum of water to Tamil Nadu
June 26, 2021Cauvery Water Management Authority directs Karnataka Chennai: A meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to release the June and July monthly stipulated quantum of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for Kuruvai paddy cultivation. At a virtual meeting, State PWD Additional Chief Secretary Dr. Sandeep Saxena urged the CWMA…
Karnataka asked to release June, July quota of Cauvery water to TN
June 12, 2020CWMA meet adjourned after Tamil Nadu resists Karnataka’s bid to discuss Mekedatu New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has asked Karnataka to release June and July quota of water to Tamil Nadu (TN). The CWMA meeting presided over by Central Water Commission in-charge Chairman R.K. Jain asked Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft water…
Cauvery Authority asks Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft of water to TN
August 2, 2019Mandya MP Sumalatha counters Dayanidhi Maran’s allegations New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) yesterday directed Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of water to Tamil Nadu, which is suffering one of its worst dry spells and acute shortages of drinking water. This was CWMA’s fourth meeting since its formation in…
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