CWRC asks Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu by Oct 31: Sources
New Delhi (PTI): The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has asked Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu by October 31, sources said on Wednesday.
The decision was taken on Tuesday at a meeting where the CWRC asked Karnataka to ensure the release of water from its reservoirs in Biligundlu, they said.
The order will be effective from October 16 till October 31.
Tamil Nadu had requested for release of 16,000 cusecs of water.
The CWRC had in September ordered Karnataka to ensure the release of 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery water from September 28 to October 15.
Karnataka has filed a review petition against the order both in the Supreme Court and with the Cauvery Water Management Authority.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
