NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day from September 21 till September 27, when the court will hear the case next.
The apex court has also asked the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board within four weeks. The state government, while challenging an order passed by the Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Monday, told the bench, "We will have to sacrifice our drinking water for irrigation purposes in Tamil Nadu".
City police commissioner NS Megharikh said, "A total of 40 platoons of the Karnataka State Reserve Police, 30 City Armed Reserve platoons, six Rapid Action Force squads, three companies of the Seema Suraksha Dal, three Border Security Force platoons and one company each of Central Industrial Security Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police will guard the city." The state government has also deployed 15,000 civil police including senior police officers and 2,000 Home Guards, besides two Special Weapons and Tactics vehicles, 250 Hoysalas and 400 Cheetah bikes to patrol the city.
The Karnataka government had decided to challenge the Cauvery Supervisory Committee's order on releasing water from the river to Tamil Nadu in the Supreme Court. The panel had on Monday directed Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from September 21 to September 30. However, neither state had agreed to the proposal.
