The Cauvery Monitoring Committee has directed Karnataka to release 4.81 thousand million cubic feet of water to Tamil Nadu over the next fortnight.

The CMC, headed by Water Resources Secretary DV Singh, said that Karnataka will have to release 4.81 TMC of water between November 16 and 30. Tamil Nadu maintains that there was a shotfall of 52 TMC of water between June and September.

The Committee, however, refused to get into the issue of settling the previous shortfall raised by Tamil Nadu as there was lack of consensus on the period of the monsoon season. The CMC will meet again on the 28th of this month to review the situation.