Cauvery verdict: SC awards additional 14.75 tmc ft to K'taka, reduces TN's share

New Delhi: Resolving the Cauvery water dispute, the Supreme Court on Friday awarded additional 14 point 75 TMC ft to Karnataka and reduced allocation for Tamil Nadu from 192 to 177.25 TMC ft water. 

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar directed the Karnataka government to provide Tamil Nadu 177.25 TMC ft water every year.Karnataka gets additional 14.75 tmc ft and the state will now get 284.75 tmc ft water.There has been no change in allocation for Kerala and Puducherry. (UNI)