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TN told the committee that water demand had risen across the Cauvery delta, with farmers facing hardship due to low inflows at Biligundulu.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Aapresh Kumar Singh reserved its decision on Tamil Nadu’s fresh application, seeking directions to Karnataka to clear the backlog of 11 tmcft of Cauvery water as on ...

However, they have not issued orders directing Karnataka to release water to TN. Since July, Karnataka has owed TN 11 tmcft of water.

The Mettur dam’s water storage stood at 32.830 tmcft, which is 35.12% of the full reservoir capacity of 93.47 tmcft, while the inflow was 1,043 cusecs at 4 pm on Tuesday.

Karnataka cites severe drought, says it cannot release water to TN as directed by the CWMA’s September 24 order.

As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), E category refers to the quality of water which can be used only for irrigation, industrial cooling and controlled waste disposal.