It gave both, the Madras Presidency and the Princely state of Mysore the right to use to use the water of Cauvery. Consequently, the arrangement also lead to the restrictions being put on the area that could be safely irrigated by both states using the Cauvery water. However Tamil Nadu wanted to stick to the original distribution which was laid down in the 1924 agreement. It concluded that the water availability in Cauvery stood at 740 tmc ft, Tamil Nadu would be allocated 419 tmc ft water (56.62%) and Karnataka 270 tmc ft. (36.48%) Kerala was given 30 tmc ft (4.05%) and Puducherry 7 tmc ft (0.94%). In 2012, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as chairman of Cauvery River Authority, directed the Karnataka government to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily.

Source: dna September 07, 2016 10:36 UTC