CWMA takes stock of Cauvery water realisation
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The assembly was chaired by R.K. Jain, chairman of the Central Water Commission
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Thursday took stock of the realisation of Tamil Nadu’s share of water, as per the 2018 judgement of the Supreme Court.
Chaired by R.K. Jain, chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), the assembly was attended by representatives of all of the basin States – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala – and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
An official of the State authorities mentioned the topic of the Mekedatu dam venture was neither listed within the agenda nor raised in the course of the day’s deliberations.
As per the information supplied by the CWC, Tamil Nadu obtained round 157 thousand million cubic toes (tmc ft) of water between June 1 and October 27 whereas its share for the interval was about 141 tmc ft, marking an extra of 16 tmc ft. In October, the State recorded almost 37 tmc ft towards the due of 18 tmc ft.
On Thursday morning, the Mettur dam, the principal storage level of Tamil Nadu for the Cauvery water, stood at 100.73 ft towards the complete reservoir stage of 120 ft. Its storage was 65.79 tmc ft towards the capability of 93.47 tmc ft. The dam registered an influx of 9,333 cusecs whereas its discharge was 9,900 cusecs together with 9,000 cusecs by means of the river and 900 by means of the canal.
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