Cauvery flashpoint: CWMA upholds water release directive for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka farmers threaten protests
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) upheld the directive for Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu.
Karnataka officials will hold an all-party meeting led by Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to decide on the next course of action.
A BJP delegation led by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi urged the Centre not to pressure Karnataka on water release.
Farmer groups in Karnataka's drought-affected Cauvery basin threatened protests, demanding the state defy the verdict and appeal to the Supreme Court.
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