01 October,2016 08:45 AM IST | | Agencies
Taking Karnataka to task for its repeated “defiance” by flouting its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court yesterday asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from today till October 6, warning no one would know when the “wrath of the law” would fall on it
New Delhi: Taking Karnataka to task for its repeated "defiance" by flouting its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court yesterday asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from today till October 6, warning no one would know when the "wrath of the law" would fall on it.
The apex court gave the last opportunity to the Siddaramiah government to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from October 1 to 6, despite a unanimous resolution passed by both Houses of Assembly.
The bench said while directing the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board by October 4. It ordered all the stakeholders - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry - to give names by 4 pm tomorrow of their representatives to be included in the board.
