The Cauvery River Water Management Authority on Tuesday directed Karnataka to release 28tmcft of Cauvery water toTamil Nadu which is the shortfall against the allotment of 86tmcft of water for the period ending August 30 besides the September quota.Karnataka has released 57tmcft of water as on August 30. The Cauvery authority meeting was held in Delhi.

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Karnataka has to release a prescribed amount of water to Nadu every month in accordance with the monthly quota fixed by theSupreme Court. But this year, the state has not been able to meet the quota due to a shortfall in rain and depleting inflow into its reservoirs in the Cauvery basin.