Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should evolve a Cauvery distress-sharing formula amid deficient rainfall

On July 28, after reviewing the situation in the drought-hit Cauvery basin, the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee directed Karnataka to release 4 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu at…

The 2018 division formula was built on the assumption that the river carried 740 tmcft water in a typical year. The problem is that water levels keep moving.

Tamil Nadu petitions Supreme Court to compel Karnataka to release due Cauvery water, citing non-compliance with regulatory orders.