Cauvery panel reduces water quantum for T.N
 Disappointing with the Cauvery Supervisory Committee’s
decision, Tamil Nadu is likely to oppose it in the Supreme
Court .
 The State will get around 2.6 TMC over 10 days
agrees to release the water.
if Karnataka
 Not only Tamil Nadu, Karnataka also expected to approach the
Supreme Court to seek fresh directions.
 A technical body, empowered by the Supreme Court, has
slashed by three fourths the quantum of Cauvery water that
Karnataka is required to release downstream between
September 21 and September 30 but has failed to get
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu closer to a lasting solution over the
water-sharing dispute.
 The Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) ordered Karnataka
to release 3,000 cubic feet of water per second (cusecs) for the
rest of the month.
 Recently on September 5, the court ordered that 15,000
cusecs be released.
 It modified the order on September 12, saying 12,000 cusecs
should be released till September 20.
 However, the decision on the quantum of release arrived at
after calculating water availability in the river, monsoon
performance, agricultural and drinking water requirements
 The committee arrived at its numbers by calculating the
average inflow over the last 15 days.
 The CSC, attended by top executives from the Central Water
Commission, National Water Development Agency and
representatives from Karnataka and T.N.
 The CWC would draw up a new protocol of online collection of
data on rainfall and water flow on real time basis.
 The cost of developing this protocol will be proportionately
shared by the three States and the UT of Puducherry.
To meet frequently
 The next meeting will be in October, with the CSC expected to
meet once every month from February 2017 onwards until the
Cauvery Management Board — as ordered by the Supreme
Court — came into force.
 The supervisory committee, at its previous meeting recently
had failed to arrive at any decision for want of adequate
information on water availability.