The Supreme Court had directed Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs. Karnataka late Tuesday night released 10,000 cusecs of water from the Krishna Raja Sagara (dam to Tamil Nadu amid tight security. “Despite severe distress and hardship, we will release water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Supreme Court. The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike will stage a rail roko at the Belagavi railway station on Wednesday. The Mysuru district police have imposed prohibitory orders around the Kabini reservoir in view of the Kabini Hitharakshana Horata Samithi's plan to lay siege to the reservoir on Wednesday.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 03:39 UTC