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Samba crop in danger: T.N.

NEW DELHI JAN. 31. The Supreme Court today asked the Attorney-General, Soli Sorabjee, to inquire from the Centre the possibility of fixing an early meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) headed by the Prime Minister to resolve issues.

Appearing for Tamil Nadu, senior advocate, K.K. Venugopal, said due to the continued defiance of Karnataka in releasing water, only five lakh acres against the normal area of 11 lakh acres were sown with samba crops.

This small area of crops was in the danger of being destroyed if Karnataka did not release 13 tmcft of water immediately, he added.

However, appearing for Karnataka, senior advocate, Fali S. Nariman, submitted that in November and December Karnataka had released more water than was necessary under the interim orders of the Cauvery River Disputes Tribunal.

In November, Karnataka was to release 16 tmcft of water as per the Tribunal order, but the actual release was 19 tmcft.

In December, Karnataka released 9.95 tmcft against the requirement of 10.37 tmcft.

In January, the interim order of the Tribunal envisaged release of 2.51 tmcft of water but the actual release was 5.96 tmcft, he said. — PTI

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