The Tamil Nadu government on Monday has moved the Supreme Court for an urgent directive to the Karnataka government to release 50.052 TMC feet of Cauvery water to irrigate the farmland of Tamil Nadu in the interest of justice, accusing Karnataka of flouting the principles of federalism and inter-State water sharing.
Meanwhile Tamil Nadu has blamed Karnataka for diverting the water meant to be a life-saver for Tamil Nadu farmers during distress years for undeclared projects in violation of the final orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in 2007.
It is stated that the application has sought the court’s intervention to ensure that Karnataka adhered to the stipulated water releases in accordance with the 2007 order of the Tribunal for the remaining months, starting from August 20th 2016, in the irrigation year of 2016-2017.
Tamilnadu has also sought a directive to Karnataka to immediately make good the 25 TMC feet at Billigundulu, of the shortfall of 50 TMC feet, within the next 10 days so as to start the samba cultivation.
