# SC asks Karnataka to follow Cauvery order, to review water release next week 2026-08-17T08:23:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Monday directed Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) directions on releasing water to Tamil Nadu, but said it would wait a week to assess compliance. Hindustan Times reports the bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noted Tamil Nadu currently had sufficient water and did not pass any fresh coercive order. Tamil Nadu's senior advocate CS Vaidyanathan told the court Karnataka was not following the CWMA direction to release 12,000 cusecs a day from August 12. He said Karnataka's reservoirs had 76% live storage but Tamil Nadu received only 14 TMC against a tribunal award of 64 TMC. Karnataka's senior advocate Shyam Divan disputed this, saying the state had exceeded the mandated flow and released over 12,000 cusecs as of Monday morning. He added that water from the Krishna Raja Sagar reservoir takes 48 hours to reach the border point. Karnataka submitted it had released 86,797 cusecs at Biligundlu between July 29 and August 10 against the required 45,500 cusecs, and argued the 2026-27 water year was a distress year. Times Now reports the court remarked, "It is not that the state is not giving water to you." The matter will be heard again on August 26 for a fresh assessment. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T08:52:15+00:00. Tags: Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, Cauvery Water Management Authority, Karnataka, Supreme Court of India, Tamil Nadu Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sc-asks-karnataka-to-follow-cauvery-order-to-review-water-release-in-a-week/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sc-asks-karnataka-to-follow-cauvery-order-to-review-water-release-in-a-week/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/