Kottur (Vijayanagara): The Young Farmers Forum of Karnataka, Kottur, has urged advocate general K Shashikiran Shetty to place four recent Right to Information (RTI) disclosures before the Supreme Court ahead of the Sept 15 hearing in MA No. 2445/2026. The forum alleged serious gaps in the data used for inter-state water management.
A copy of which was made available to TOI , CWC replies dated Aug 13 and 24 indicate a lack of internal coordination on siltation and distress-formula data, according to a dossier submitted by the forum. Mudenuru said sedimentation compendiums are available for 12 reservoirs but alleged that the records are not synchronised with CWMA directives. He said the RTI replies revealed major deficiencies in the collection, coordination and use of reservoir siltation and distress-formula data.
In an urgent representation, forum convener Vinayaka Mudenuru highlighted what he described as institutional shortcomings in the functioning of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Central Water Commission (CWC).
The forum further stated that a CWMA reply dated Aug 12 acknowledged six specific data deficiencies. These include the absence of comprehensive reservoir surveys since 2009, missing working sheets and the lack of a designated officer to oversee the data.
226779/2026, incorporating all four RTI documents as annexures before the apex court. Because of the narrow gap between the Supreme Court hearing on Sept 15 and a Sept 16 deadline under a CWMA appellate order, which mandates publication of pending reservoir data under Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act, the forum said the issue has gained significance. The forum also sought transparent reservoir-data dashboards, clearly defined transmission-loss coefficients and strict monitoring of compliance to ensure that pending data is released within the stipulated timeframe. The representation comes amid the forum’s contention that decisions on inter-state water releases must be based on updated, verifiable and publicly accessible reservoir data, particularly when siltation can significantly affect actual storage capacity. Stay updated with the latest Hubballi news.
It has urged the advocate general to direct the state’s legal team to file a supplementary affidavit under IA No. Download the TOI App.
Questioning the basis of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) July 28 direction to Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water, the forum alleged that the order was issued without updated siltation data or a documented methodology. It also claimed that the directive relied on storage tables that failed to account for silt-induced losses of 3% to 13%.