Tamil Nadu had sought the court docket to direct Karnataka to launch the steadiness amount of 21.357 TMC due as on August 12. Representational file picture.
| Photograph Credit score: Okay. Murali Kumar
The Supreme Court docket on Monday (August 17, 2026) determined to attend and watch the progress in Cauvery water sharing between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at the same time as Karnataka stated that over 12,000 cusecs was launched by 8 a.m. on August 17.
A Bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath addressed Tamil Nadu, saying “it isn’t that the State [Karnataka] isn’t giving water to you”. Tamil Nadu, represented by senior advocate C.S. Vaidyanthan, emphasised that the court docket should be certain that Karnataka ought to strictly observe the Cauvery Water Administration Authority (CWMA) instructions on water allocation.
The court docket stated it will watch the progress whereas in search of a contemporary standing report. It posted the case to August 24.
Senior advocates Shyam Divan and Mohan V. Katarki, for Karnataka, submitted it was “misguided” to allege that it had not complied with the CWMA instructions.
“Now we have complied in full, particularly contemplating the truth that this can be a misery yr,” Mr. Divan submitted.
Karnataka affidavit had submitted it was in a position to overcome the challenges of a misery yr and worsening El Nino circumstances to make sure the provision of water from its Kabini reservoir because of giant inflows owing to good rainfall within the Wayanad space above the Kabini catchment which lies in Kerala.
“The releases from the KRS and Kabini reservoirs have already been mirrored on the inter-State border at Biligundlu. From July 29 to August 10, Karnataka has launched 1,64,080 cusecs from its reservoirs, and after a time lag of two days, the flows have reached the inter-State border Biligundlu measured by the Central Water Fee gauge station,” Karnataka had maintained within the affidavit.
Nevertheless, Tamil Nadu had filed an extra affidavit within the Supreme Court docket not too long ago, arguing that Karnataka’s launch of water was “by no means voluntary compliance”.
Tamil Nadu had sought the court docket to direct Karnataka to launch the steadiness amount of 21.357 TMC due as on August 12. It had additionally sought the discharge of 37 TMC of Cauvery water from August 12 to August 31.
Printed – August 17, 2026 02:19 pm IST
