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Cauvery water dispute amid monsoon deficit
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are engaged in a renewed water-sharing dispute as the Cauvery basin faces deficient rainfall and low reservoir levels. The Cauvery Water Management Authority is holding meetings to manage water releases and enforce restrictions on non-essential usage amid the crisis.
This is a long-running storyline that has developed over 15 days. The homepage highlights its most recent activity, so the outlet count there reflects the latest wave. The totals above cover the full run.
Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)Tamil NaduKarnatakaCauvery basin reservoirsSupreme Court (water verdict)
2026-08-03
2026-08-02
2026-08-01
- DMK moves Supreme Court to direct Karnataka to release Tamil Nadu’s share of Cauvery water
- Rains revive in Cauvery basin, easing Karnataka-Tamil Nadu water conflict
- Cauvery row: Karnataka CM urges protesters not to obstruct flow of water in Kabini river amid flood alert
- Karnataka government failed to tackle drought, says H.D. Kumaraswamy; JD(S) to attend all-party meet on Cauvery crisis
2026-07-31
- Watch: History of Cauvery water-sharing talks between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
- H.D. Kumaraswamy urges members of CWRC and CWMA to visit Karnataka, T.N. and understand ground situation
- Amid Cauvery release order, Kabini farmers seek immediate canal water release
- Kannada organisations call for bandh on August 13 against order to release Cauvery water to T.N.
- Cauvery water row: Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar asks his Tamil Nadu counterpart Vijay to defer his visit to Bengaluru
- Karnataka CM busy with Cabinet expansion, had no time to meet legal experts on Cauvery issue: BJP State chief B.Y. Vijayendra says ahead of all-party meeting
2026-07-30
- Pro-Kannada organisation condemns recommendation of CWRC to release water to Tamil Nadu
- Cauvery Water Management Authority upholds CWRC’s order to Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu
- What is the rationale behind Cauvery panel’s decision on release of water to T.N.? | Explained
- Cauvery row: Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on July 30
2026-07-29
- H.D. Kumaraswamy terms CWRC order ‘death knell’ for Karnataka, seeks better rainwater storage
- Karnataka to appeal against CWRC order to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
- Karnataka CM has proposed all-party meet on Cauvery water issue: G. Parameshwara
- BJP to stage protest in Mandya on Cauvery water issue: B.Y. Vijayendra
- Cauvery committee chief asks Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to come up with distress-sharing formula
- Neyyar water sharing: From cooperation to friction between Tamil Nadu and Kerala
2026-07-28
- Karnataka may have to release nearly double the stipulated 3,500 cusecs owing to dry riverbed till Biligundlu
- Long-term MoUs between Sanchari Cauvery, apartments to counter skyrocketing water tanker prices
- Vijay’s proposed visit to Bengaluru kindles public curiosity about similar missions in the mid-1980s
- Farmers oppose CWRC’s direction of release of water to Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu terms ‘insufficient’ the release of water as per Cauvery panel’s decision
- Cauvery: BJP warns against water release to ‘appease’ alliance partner TVK
- Cauvery Water Regulation Committee orders Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water a day for 15 days to Tamil Nadu