The row over sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continues to escalate. MDMK general secretary Vaiko and his party workers were arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation today, demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2,500 MW power out of which around 18 per cent in supplied to Karnataka. The Cauvery River Authority and the Supreme Court had earlier directed Karnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu till October 15. But Karnataka stopped release on October 8 citing less storage and its requirement to supply drinking water to Bangalore. Karnataka has also rejected the Cauvery Monitoring Committee's direction on Thursday to release 8.8 TMC of water before October 31.
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