Overview
- The Cauvery Water Management Authority on July 30 upheld the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s direction that Karnataka must ensure a flow of 3,500 cusecs per day at Biligundlu for 15 days.
- Karnataka has filed an appeal, convened an all‑party meeting on August 2 to decide its response and asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to postpone a planned visit to Bengaluru.
- Pro‑Kannada groups and farmer organisations have escalated street protests that have disrupted public events, forced at least one film screening to be cancelled and prompted calls for a statewide bandh on August 13.
- Tamil Nadu officials have signalled they will take legal steps to secure their water share, including preparing to move the Supreme Court, making judicial escalation likely if talks fail.
- Karnataka says rainfall is well below average and KRS reservoir storage is low, raising fears for drinking and irrigation supplies and reviving long‑term proposals such as the Mekedatu balancing reservoir as part of the debate.