The Cauvery water management which decides the amount of water to be given to Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Puducherry from Cauvery for irrigation is meeting today in Delhi. The Supreme Court set up the Cauvery water management board and Cauvery water regulatory commission to control the dispute between Karnataka and Tamilnadu on how much water each should get.
The Cauvery water management board has met two times before this past year and it is meeting for the third time today in Delhi. The president of the board Masood Hussain is meeting with officials from the four states. The board members are expected to discuss the time and amount of water to be released for the first phase of irrigation for the delta regions in Tamilnadu and Puducherry. They are also having a discussion on the issue of Megadadu.
The Megadadu issue was raised by the Tamilnadu in the Supreme Court to stop Karnataka from building an additional dam on the Cauvery River in Megadadu. Karnataka is already controlling most of the river flow with the KRS dam and this dam would provide additional control over the water flow.