Release 31.24 TMC water to TN in July: Cauvery Management Authority to K'taka

| | New Delhi

The Cauvery Water Management Authority, in its first meeting on Monday, ordered Karnataka to release 31.24 TMC water to Tamil Nadu in July.

Even as the Karnataka Government had on June 30 decide to appeal in the Supreme Court against the setting up of the Cauvery Water Management Authority, chairman of the body Masood Hussain, on Monday said the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere with a "spirit of cooperation".

Representatives of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Puducherry attended the meeting. According to the minutes of the meeting, the authority directed Karnataka to release 31.24 TMC water to Tamil Nadu in the month of July.