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Cheluvarayaswamy emphasised that drinking water needs of Bengaluru and towns and villages in the Cauvery basin take priority over irrigation.

Reacting to the CWRC order, Shivakumar said it would be difficult for Karnataka to release water in view of the poor inflows and lack of rainfall.

During the hearing, the Tamil Nadu government’s counsel told the bench that the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) must pass an order with regard to the shortfall to address the deficit.

The Tamil Nadu government had earlier told the Supreme Court that it had informed the authority about the previous shortfall in water, but no direction was issued in this regard.

The bench declined to entertain a petition that, among other prayers, sought the reallocation of 70 TMC of Cauvery water from Tamil Nadu’s share to Karnataka.

In Thanjavur, paddy has been cultivated in 64,755 hectares during the kuruvai season this year as against 79,800 hectares last year.