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TVK will secure Cauvery water share per 2018 Supreme Court verdict
Promised in the manifesto
TVK will secure Tamil Nadu's due share in Cauvery water as per the 2018 Supreme Court verdict.
From the manifesto: Aram (Virtue) › 1. Tamil Identity and Pride › A. Protection of Tamil Nadu's Financial and State Rights, see page 10
Where it standsSaid
Announced on 26 May 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.
The government announced it will urge the authorities to release the water and filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
So far
Request for the release of 9.91 TMC of water and a Supreme Court petition
Not yet seen
The delivery of the full water share as per the verdict is not yet secured.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 3 Aug 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22270
- The Tamil Nadu government filed a petition in the Supreme Court to ensure the release of the required quantity of Cauvery water from Karnataka.
- 26 May 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 21812
- The government urged the Cauvery Water Management Authority to ensure Karnataka releases 9.91 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu for June 2026.
Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.
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