A viral video shows locals in Tamil Nadu emotionally welcoming Cauvery water released from the Kallanai dam for irrigation, with prayers, offerings, and celebrations. The heartfelt moment drew praise ...

Cauvery water dispute: Cauvery is an interstate basin that originates in Karnataka and passes through Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry before draining into the Bay of Bengal. The total watershed of the ...

Despite several agreements, farmers in Karnataka are asking the state government not to release water to Tamil Nadu due to low monsoon rainfall. The latter, however, depends heavily on the river for i ...

The farmers of Tamil Nadu under the banner of Kaveri Delta Farmers Welfare Association had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking a directive to the Centre to refer the dispute ...

The dispute has at times turned violent. In 1991, mobs in Karnataka attacked Tamil civilians living in the state over a water tribunal’s interim order for Karnataka to share water in the Kaveri ...

Kaveri Thula Kattam also hosts the Kaveri Pushkaram -- a festival held every 144 years, which was last held in 2017. ... "The inflow to Mettur dam is slowly on the rise.

The dispute over the Kaveri River has marked relations between the two states for about 200 years, but this year, a low rainfall, a consequence of climate change, has exacerbated the problem.