New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a fresh plea concerning allocation of Cauvery river water, saying it was a dispute between the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and they are already contesting the matter.
The apex court was then hearing the Tamil Nadu government’s plea seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of water to it. The Karnataka government had told the apex court that it had released excess water to Tamil Nadu as of August 31 and the state was complying with the direction of the Cauvery Water Management Authority to ensure a flow of 9,000 cusecs. On August 17, the apex court had asked Karnataka to ensure compliance of the CWMA direction on the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Joseph Vijay-led state government on August 3 approached the apex court seeking directions to the Karnataka government for immediate release of water.
The Tamil Nadu government had told the top court that they had informed the authority about the backlog of water but no direction was passed in this regard.
