legal_judiciary
Direct Karnataka to release backlog of 17.604 tmcft Cauvery water: T.N. to Supreme Court
Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31
Context
The has petitioned the , seeking a directive for to release 17.604 tmcft of water, citing a significant shortfall in the pro-rata allocation. The state argues that the and the failed to account for this backlog when ordering the release of only 9,000 cusecs, severely impacting farmers in the during the critical Kuruvai and Samba crop seasons.
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