Karnataka has been reprimanded by the Supreme Court for ignoring its order to share water with neighbour Tamil Nadu; it must urgently release water starting tomorrow for the next six days, said judges.
"Karnataka will not show any defiance," said the Supreme Court, which has been arbitrating the battle over the River Cauvery which flows from Karnataka into Tamil Nadu.
At the beginning of this month, the Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to increase the amount of water for two weeks that it was giving to Tamil Nadu to help farmers there. Riots erupted across Karnataka, including in the state capital of Bengaluru, where two people died and police cars and buses were set on fire.
Yesterday, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who mediated between the state governments, said no compromised was reached. She offered to go on an indefinite hunger strike on the simmering border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to help restore calm.
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