Cauvery Water Regulation Committee decides to wait till July 28 to review situation
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has deferred a decision on water release between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu until July 28. Both states remain at odds, with Karnataka citing severe water shortages and Tamil Nadu demanding its stipulated share for farmers.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the ongoing environmental and political tension over water rights in India, exacerbated by climate-driven monsoon failures.
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), which met on Wednesday in New Delhi amid a dry situation marked by weak monsoon in Karnataka’s Cauvery catchment area, desisted from issuing any direction to both the riparian States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The CWRC that heard the arguments of both the States decided to wait till July 28 to review the situation, hoping that the catchment areas may receive rains by then, it is learnt.
According to sources, Karnataka’s representatives argued that the State was not in a position to release the required quantum of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on the grounds that the Cauvery basin was facing water shortage. While there was absolutely no inflow into reservoirs in the Cauvery basin during June, a small quantum of water has now been stored in these reservoirs owing to minor rainfall in July, the Karnataka representatives told the CWRC.
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