Heavy rain has filled Karnataka's reservoirs and triggered floods, landslides and evacuations across the Cauvery basin, while North Karnataka faces a severe rainfall deficit, crop losses and drinking water shortages, exposing the state's sharp monsoon divide
DMK president M K Stalin criticised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay over the Mekedatu dam dispute, accusing him of pursuing a failed solo approach with Karnataka and demanding an immediate all-party meeting to formulate a united strategy on the Cauvery issue
Farmer unions and pro-Kannada organisations have called for a Karnataka Bandh today after the Cauvery Regulatory Committee (CWRC) ordered to release of 3,000 cusecs of water at Biligundlu to Tamil Nadu starting from September 28 till October 15, 2023. In the earlier spell, it was 5,000 cusecs.
The meeting of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) upheld the decision of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), and directed Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu every day, until October 15.
Farmer bodies, Kannada organisations, and opposition parties have called for a “bandh” in Bengaluru recently to protest against the release of water from the Cauvery River in Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.