Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said an appeal will be filed against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's directive to the State to release one thousand million cubic feet of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu daily till the end of this month.
After a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the Water Resources Minister, Ministers from the Cauvery river basin area, and officials, he also said that an all-party meeting will be held on July 14 to decide on the state's next course of action.
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"Despite forecasts for normal rains this time, there is a deficit of 28% in inflow so far. This was clearly stated by us in our stand before the CWRC. Also, we requested not to take any decision till the end of July, still CWRC has asked to release one tmcft of water every day from July 12," Siddaramaiah said.
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He said today's meeting opined that the government should file an appeal against this order before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA).
"All parties are together on Karnataka's water issue. Therefore, an all-party meeting will be held (on July 14)," the Chief Minister said.
Union Ministers, Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Members from the State and MLAs from Cauvery river basin region will also be invited to the meeting, he said, adding, the government will decide its next move taking everyone into confidence.
Siddaramaiah said 5,000 cusecs of water is being released to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu which is equal to the Kabini dam inflow.
A total of only 60 tmcft of water is available in all the four reservoirs of Cauvery basin in the state, he pointed out, adding, "We also need to provide water for agricultural activities. So, keeping in mind the deficit rains, we have requested to wait till July end."
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