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- The Karnataka government has filed an appeal with the Cauvery Water Management Authority seeking a reduction in the water release order to Tamil Nadu from 6,000 cusecs per day to 3,000 cusecs.
- The appeal cites low water levels in four Cauvery basin dams, which held only 55.389 TMC of water as of September 15, about 52.97 per cent of total storage capacity.
- Inflow into the four dams between June 1 and September 15 was 111 TMC, less than half the 30-year average of 228.108 TMC for the same period.
- Inflow collapsed from 26,930 cusecs on August 27 to around 3,000 cusecs by September 15, and the India Meteorological Department has forecast below-normal rainfall in the Cauvery basin till mid-October.
- The CWMA's decision on the appeal matters because it determines how much Cauvery water Tamil Nadu receives during a year of sharply low inflows for Karnataka.
What to watch next
- The CWMA's response to Karnataka's appeal for a reduced release of 3,000 cusecs.
- Whether rainfall in the Cauvery basin improves on the IMD's below-normal forecast till mid-October.
- Any fresh directions from the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, which met on September 8.
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