New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI): The Karnataka government petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to modify its September 20 order asking the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu every day till September 27. In its September 20, a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra had directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs, against 3,000 cusecs set by the Supervisory Committee. Karnataka said it does not have enough stored Cauvery water to supply its own cities, including capital Bangalore. The court’s September 20 order had also asked the Union government to form a Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB) within four weeks, as directed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in its award. It had modified its earlier order on sharing of Cauvery water and directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs instead of 15,000 cusecs per day till September 20 to Tamil Nadu.

Source: The Telegraph September 26, 2016 08:48 UTC