Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday termed the Supreme Court's fresh order on release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as "unimplementable" and called an all party and cabinet meeting on Wednesday to decide the next step.
As he faced a fresh challenge on the raging Cauvery row at a time when the protests were abating, Mr Siddaramaiah said, “Since we do not have water, it is very difficult to implement the apex court order.”
The Cauvery Supervisory Committee had on Monday asked Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs per day from September 21 to 30 but the apex court doubled the quantum to 6,000 cusecs till September 27 after Tamil Nadu pressed for water to save its samba paddy crop.
The chief minister said Karnataka had placed certain facts based on ground reality before the Cauvery Supervisory Committee but it still passed an order directing the state to release 3,000 cusecs per day between September 21 and 30. He said the Supervisory Committee was constituted by the apex court only which had given a direction on September 5 to Tamil Nadu to approach the panel and also asked Karnataka to file a response to the neighbouring state's plea. Despite all this, the Supreme Court has passed an order, Siddaramaiah told reporters here, stressing it was "unimplementable".
The CM said the state government was awaiting the copy of the Supreme Court order and the state cabinet will meet on Wednesday followed by an all party meeting to chalk out the future course of action after consulting legal experts. "... we will discuss the pros and cons of this order. After taking views and opinion of leaders from all parties we will proceed further," he said while appealing to people, especially in the Cauvery basin to maintain peace and not get get carried away by emotions. "Government is committed to protect the interest of the state, its people and its farmers. Every one should cooperate."
