Tamil Nadu will continue to take action for securing its due share of Cauvery water, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday.
Asked for his reaction to Karnataka's decision not to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Mr. Karunanidhi said he did not want to react to media reports as he did not want to give room for unnecessary differences of opinion between the two States.
He was talking to reporters after chairing a party meeting at the party headquarters here.
To a query whether he would write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Chief Minister replied that the Prime Minister was already apprised of the situation. There was no need to send any letter. A case was pending in the Supreme Court. “We will approach it legally,” he added.
Outflow
Officials say that the discharge from the Krishnaraja Sagar has gone up.
Nearly 9,800 cubic feet per second (cusecs) was being released through the river Cauvery. The water level of the dam remained at its full level of 124.8 ft.
The Mettur dam was expected to receive the enhanced flow only by Friday late evening or Saturday morning.
On Thursday morning, the level of Mettur was 60.7 (full level 120 ft) and the storage about 25 thousand million cubic feet (93.47 tmcft).
The inflow was around 3,200 cusecs while the discharge was reduced to 10,000 cusecs.
Option
Asked about options available to the State for safeguarding its rights, experts say that before approaching the Supreme Court, it would do well for the State to demand that the Cauvery River Authority be convened to discuss the current issue.
So far, the Authority had met six times and the last meeting took place in February 2003.
