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Cauvery row: Karnataka defies SC again, defers water release to Tamil Nadu

Karnataka CM Siddaramaih said that the state has decided to defer release of water to Tamil Nadu by a day until the states meeting with Centre and Tamil Nadu government is held.

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Karnataka government has decided to defer the release of water to Tamil Nadu even as the Supreme Court on Monday directed it to release 6,000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu for next three days. This is the second time in a row that the Karnataka government has refused to comply with the SC decision over Cauvery water release.

The state government would now take a decision after the meeting of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with the Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti and the officials from the Tamil Nadu government.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is walking a tightrope, told the reporters after an all-party meeting that the decision has been taken to defer the release of water by a day after the opposition parties advised the government to wait for one more day till the state's meeting with the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government is held.

Siddaramaiah had earlier said that the priority is to supply drinking water to Bengaluru city and areas in the Cauvery basin. The higher riparian state had cited the reason of inadequate water reserves in its four reservoirs for deferring the water release to the neighbouring state.

After succeeding in bringing his rivals on the same page, which helped pass a unanimous resolution in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, against the SC order earlier, Siddaramaiah on Wednesday chaired an all-party meeting in Bengaluru yet again to decide over the water row.

The leading opposition party BJP which was earlier flayed for not taking a stand against the release of water to Tamil Nadu on Wednesday again made it clear that it supports the interests of the people of Karnataka over Cauvery water row.

Former Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar said that the BJP has suggested to the government that it should honour the September 23 resolution of the State Legislative Assembly which said that the water should be released only for drinking purposes to Bengaluru and Cauvery catchment areas.

The apex court, however, set aside the Karnataka Legislative Assembly resolution and ordered for an immediate release of water to Tamil Nadu.

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