# Monitor and protect the full share of Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu

- ID: P01-A-11#4
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p01-a-11-4 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p01-a-11-4)
- Pillar: 1. Tamil Identity and Pride
- Section: A. Protection of Tamil Nadu's Financial and State Rights
- Manifesto page: 10
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The TVK government will not give up any share of the Cauvery water due to Tamil Nadu by conducting continuous and systematic monitoring.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government announced it will continue to safeguard the State's rightful share of inter-state river waters.

**So far:** Request for the release of 9.91 TMC of water and commitment to safeguard shares

**Not yet seen:** The details of a continuous, systematic monitoring mechanism for all water flows are not yet provided.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 60: The Government of Tamil Nadu will continue to safeguard the State's rightful share of inter-state river waters. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=60))
- 26 May 2026 · Press release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.098-WRD_Department-_Cauvery_Water_Management_Authority-Press_Release-Date_26.05.2026.pdf))

> 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.