Cauvery River Authority

Protests erupted in various parts of Cauvery river basin districts of Karnataka after Supreme Court refused to interfere with orders of Cauvery Water Management Authority's directing the state to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

The Supreme Court will constitute a bench to hear the Cauvery river water dispute, a decades-old issue between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

As Karnataka has received generous rainfall in the last few days and water levels in its reservoirs have soared, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he is happy to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, which is expected to get 20,000 cusecs from Kabini dam in Mysuru. He also promised to give Tamil Nadu's share of 10 TMC in June as per the Cauve...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today held a review meeting with her cabinet colleagues and senior officials to discuss the Cauvery issue.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to approach the Cauvery River Authority headed by the prime minister to resolve their dispute over the sharing of the river's water.

Vehicular traffic on the Bangalore-Mysore road was paralysed and normal life affected due to a bandh call given today by an outfit of farmers, spearheading protests in this Cauvery heartland district to protest release of water to Tamil Nadu.

Life came to a standstill in the delta districts of Tamil Nadu, including Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur, as farmers observed a bandh over the Cauvery water crisis today. The protest comes a day after neighbouring state Karnataka began releasing 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for four days as directed by the Supreme Court.

Bowing to the Supreme Court's directive, Karnataka has begun releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, thus avoiding contempt of court. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar thereafter flew to New Delhi Friday morning to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and central Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat to seek relief for the state.

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said riparian states should abide by the Cauvery River Authority and nobody should violate the decision taken by it without any "valid reasons".

Party workers of the MDMK led by General Secretary Vaiko have been arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The activists are demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2500 MW power out of which around 18 per cent is supplied to Karnataka. This is a fresh spate of protests that...

Karnataka, Cauvery River, Cauvery Monitoring Committee, Cauvery Regulatory Authority, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister, Jagadish Shettar, Karunanidhi, Bangalore

Karnataka braced itself for crucial meetings over Cauvery water row on Thursday and Friday even as union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily, who hails from the state, on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide immediate relief to the state.

The sharing of Cauvery river water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is heading for another flashpoint. The Tamil Nadu government will be filing a contempt petition in the Supreme Court today against the Karnataka government for stopping the supply of Cauvery river waters. This decision was taken at a meeting held to review the situation, chaired b...

Karnataka on Monday stopped release of Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar dam citing depleted storage, hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear that only the Cauvery River Authority can review its order directing the state to release 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today met Union Minister S M Krishna here today amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

Protests erupted in various parts of Cauvery river basin districts of Karnataka after Supreme Court refused to interfere with orders of Cauvery Water Management Authority's directing the state to release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

The Supreme Court will constitute a bench to hear the Cauvery river water dispute, a decades-old issue between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

As Karnataka has received generous rainfall in the last few days and water levels in its reservoirs have soared, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he is happy to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, which is expected to get 20,000 cusecs from Kabini dam in Mysuru. He also promised to give Tamil Nadu's share of 10 TMC in June as per the Cauve...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today held a review meeting with her cabinet colleagues and senior officials to discuss the Cauvery issue.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to approach the Cauvery River Authority headed by the prime minister to resolve their dispute over the sharing of the river's water.

Vehicular traffic on the Bangalore-Mysore road was paralysed and normal life affected due to a bandh call given today by an outfit of farmers, spearheading protests in this Cauvery heartland district to protest release of water to Tamil Nadu.

Life came to a standstill in the delta districts of Tamil Nadu, including Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur, as farmers observed a bandh over the Cauvery water crisis today. The protest comes a day after neighbouring state Karnataka began releasing 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for four days as directed by the Supreme Court.

Bowing to the Supreme Court's directive, Karnataka has begun releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, thus avoiding contempt of court. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar thereafter flew to New Delhi Friday morning to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and central Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat to seek relief for the state.

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Wednesday said riparian states should abide by the Cauvery River Authority and nobody should violate the decision taken by it without any "valid reasons".

Party workers of the MDMK led by General Secretary Vaiko have been arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The activists are demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2500 MW power out of which around 18 per cent is supplied to Karnataka. This is a fresh spate of protests that...

Karnataka, Cauvery River, Cauvery Monitoring Committee, Cauvery Regulatory Authority, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister, Jagadish Shettar, Karunanidhi, Bangalore

Karnataka braced itself for crucial meetings over Cauvery water row on Thursday and Friday even as union Power Minister M Veerappa Moily, who hails from the state, on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide immediate relief to the state.

The sharing of Cauvery river water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is heading for another flashpoint. The Tamil Nadu government will be filing a contempt petition in the Supreme Court today against the Karnataka government for stopping the supply of Cauvery river waters. This decision was taken at a meeting held to review the situation, chaired b...

Karnataka on Monday stopped release of Cauvery water from the Krishna Raja Sagar dam citing depleted storage, hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made it clear that only the Cauvery River Authority can review its order directing the state to release 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today met Union Minister S M Krishna here today amid demands by Karnataka leaders for a review of Cauvery River Authority's decision asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.