Tamil Nadu has sought direction from the Supreme Court to Karnataka to ensure the stipulated releases for the months of August and September as per the award of the Cauvery Tribunal, as modified by the court in 2018.
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The Supreme Court has decided to hear on August 25 the plea filed by Tamil Nadu demanding the release of the water of the Cauvery River from the Karnataka dams. A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, PS Narasimha and Prashant Kumar Mishra will take up the matter for hearing on Friday. Earlier on Monday, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud had agreed to constitute a bench after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for Tamil Nadu, sought urgent listing of the application seeking release of water for the month of August in accordance with the directions passed by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). The Tamil Nadu government had staged protests against Karnataka with CWMA for not releasing sufficient water to the state. In its application, Tamil Nadu has sought direction from the top court to Karnataka to ensure the stipulated releases for the months of August and September as per the award of the Cauvery Tribunal, as modified by the Supreme Court in 2018. Ever since the Congress government assumed charge in Karnataka earlier this year, the state government has been aggressively mooting the construction of a dam at Mekedatu across the Cauvery river which has led to concerns in Tamil Nadu. Karnataka has announced that it has allocated an amount of Rs 8,000 crore for the construction of the Mekedatu dam, a bone of contention between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. However, the DMK government in Tamil Nadu has openly stated that it would not allow the Karnataka government to construct a dam across Mekedatu flouting the Cauvery water agreement. Read: Karnataka Deputy CM rallies support to address water shortage in all-party meet Cauvery, Mahadayi dispute: Karnataka CM to take all-party delegation to PM Modi #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Sign up to get Daily Wrap in your inbox * indicates required Email Address * First Name (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);
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