Karnataka has released Cauvery water from KRS dam after legislature passed a Resolution authorizing the state government to take appropriate decisions to release water.<br/><br/>The resolution mentions that the government after ensuring the drinking water requirements will take an appropriate decision regarding release of water for irrigation purposes.<br/><br/>The move comes after Supreme Court asked Karnataka government to apprise it by today afternoon whether it has released water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the apex court.<br/><br/>The Supreme Court had on September 30 directed Karnataka to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from October 1 to 6.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that about 1,300 cusecs of water is flowing into Tamil Nadu every day through seepage. If water is released to irrigation canals in the basin region, then additional 3,000 cusecs will flow down to the neighbouring state through seepage.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Centre told Supreme Court yesterday that it cannot be directed to set up the Cauvery Water Management Board as the issue fell under the domain of the legislature. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that the Centre is setting up a technical panel to assess the ground realities to defuse the wrangle between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.<br/><br/>The Centre moved the apex court seeking modification in its earlier order asking the government to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board. The matter will come up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan today. <br/><br/>Tamil Nadu has asked the Centre to withdraw its application in the Supreme Court against forming the Cauvery Management Board by tomorrow. In a letter to the Union Water Resources Ministry Secretary Shashi Shekhar, the state chief secretary Rama Mohana Rao has pointed out the on 30th of last month, Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi committed before the Supreme Court that Cauvery Management Board can be constituted by 4th October, as directed by it.<br/><br/>Tamil Nadu nominated the Cauvery Technical Cell chairman R. Subramanian as its representative in the Cauvery Management Board, in response to a letter from the Union Water Resources Ministry to name its member as also the states of Karnataka, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, several political leaders have criticised the Centre's u-turn as partisan, keeping in view of the impending Assembly Elections in Karnataka next year. Farmers bodies have expressed concern that even after more than ten years, the Cauvery Management Board is not set up, leading to uncertainties in getting due share of water from the interstate river.