Speaking to the media after a meeting on the issue between the two states convened by Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati, he noted the state's demand to send a central expert team to assess the ground reality has been turned down by Tamil Nadu.
"We explained the ground situation at the meeting. We told that no further releases from our reservoirs can be made. We need water for drinking, while Tamil Nadu wants it for Samba crop," Siddaramaiah said.
He said, "We have highest respect for judiciary and rule of law. We don't want to defy the SC order. We have complied with earlier SC order and released 12,000 cusecs of water. Now, our situation is that we don't have water."
The Chief Minister said the next course of action would be decided after going back to the state.
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Seeking to drive home a point that Tamil Nadu is in a comfortable position than Karnataka, he said his state only has 27.6 TMC of water for drinking purpose.
"Tamil Nadu is in a comfortable position as the neighbouring state has 43 TMC of water in Mettur dam, 20 TMC of ground water and it would receive north east rains in October-December," he said, and noted that Karnataka gets only soutwest rains and not north east monsoon rains.
"We told that a central expert team should visit both the states to assess water level, inflow and outflow, and crop situation in both states and then submit a report. On the basis of that report, it would be easy to take a decision," he added.
The Tamil Nadu government insisted on implementing the Supreme Court September 27 order to release 6,000 cusecs of water in three days and setting up of a Cauvery Management Board, the Chief Minister added.