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Storage in Karnataka’s Cauvery reservoirs stands at 52% of total capacity as CWMA is set to review situation on July 22

The Cauvery Water Management Authority has directed Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to restrict reservoir storage use to drinking water only and maintain the status quo on water releases due to poor rainfall forecasts.

Affected◉ India◉ IN-TN◉ IN-KA▪ Bengaluru▪ Biligundulu▪ Cauvery▪ Cauvery basin◇ C. Joseph Vijay◇ D. K. Shivakumar▪ Harangi▪ Hemavati▪ Kabini▪ Karnataka▪ Kerala▪ Kodagu
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Karnataka GovernmentIndiaDefending limited water releases due to deficit monsoon and low reservoir storage (52% capacity).

Karnataka is preparing to argue that its reservoirs are only at 52% capacity due to severe southwest monsoon deficit, limiting its ability to release water to Tamil Nadu as per Cauvery Water Management Authority allocations.

The HinduThe Hindu — Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu GovernmentIndiaSeeking timely water releases to address delta water deficit and agricultural needs.

Tamil Nadu is pressing the Cauvery Water Management Authority to address delays in Karnataka's water releases, which are worsening the water deficit in the Cauvery delta region ahead of the cropping season.

The Hindu — Tamil NaduThe Hindu — Tamil Nadu
Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA)Convening to review storage and mediation between states amid monsoon deficit.

The CWMA is meeting on July 22, 2026, to assess Karnataka's reservoir storage at 52% capacity, review water allocation compliance, and mediate between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu amid a severe monsoon deficit.

The HinduThe Hindu — Tamil NaduThe Hindu — Tamil Nadu

The story so far

Every development in this story, oldest to latest, with how each followed from the last.

FollowingC. Joseph VijayTamilaga Vettri KazhagamDravida Munnetra KazhagamM. K. StalinDMKTVKDharmendra PradhanG.V. Markandayan
  1. 15 JulTamil Nadu government renames CM Breakfast Scheme after Kamaraj
  2. 20 JulBJP leader Nainar Nagenthran condemns police officer for ‘threatening’ Thoothukudi journalists
  3. 20 JulCentre says no request from Tamil Nadu to change Parandur airport site
  4. 20 JulVilathikulam DMK MLA arrested for remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
  5. 20 JulTold to share live location, phones may be under surveillance: Students after hours-long detentions in Mumbai
  6. 21 JulCM Vijay reviews Mekedatu issue, may announce further action in 10 days↳ Low Cauvery reservoir storage and the CWMA review of the basin's water situation form the immediate context driving Tamil Nadu CM Vijay's consultation on the Mekedatu dam and Karnataka's non-release of water.
  7. 21 JulTVK government’s first Budget to be presented on August 5 in Tamil Nadu
  8. 21 JulTamil Nadu government appoints V. Siva as Chairman of T.N. Housing Board
  9. 21 Jul'Uncompromising and firm stand': Vijay's TVK demands complete scrapping of NEET
  10. 21 JulStorage in Karnataka’s Cauvery reservoirs stands at 52% of total capacity as CWMA is set to review situation on July 22You are here
  11. 21 Jul‘Chalo Lok Bhavan’ protest in Hyderabad calls for Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s removal
  12. 22 Julदिल्ली में आंदोलन के बीच NEET को लेकर CM विजय की पार्टी की बड़ी मांग
  13. 28 JulDMK president MK Stalin calls for scrapping of NEET examination

What to expect

First-order impacts with their likely second-order effects — direction and horizon per node.

  • Cauvery delta farmers (Tamil Nadu) — water shortage for agriculture · weeks
  • Karnataka reservoirs — reduced storage capacity · immediate
  • Cauvery Water Management Authority — dispute mediation pressure · days
  • Inter-state relations (Karnataka-Tamil Nadu) — political tension · weeks

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Storage in Karnataka’s Cauvery reservoirs stands at 52% of total capacity as CWMA is set to review situation on July 22 — Prism