Maya Sharma And Harish Upadhyay

A special session of the Karnataka legislature on Friday made it clear that the state would not be releasing the 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu as ordered by the Supreme Court.

Signalling its inability to spare Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court direction, a special session of the Karnataka legislature today adopted an unanimous resolution to use the water only to meet drinking water needs and not to provide it for any other purpose.

A special session of the Karnataka legislature on Friday made it clear that the state would not be releasing the 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water to Tamil Nadu as ordered by the Supreme Court.

Signalling its inability to spare Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court direction, a special session of the Karnataka legislature today adopted an unanimous resolution to use the water only to meet drinking water needs and not to provide it for any other purpose.