Government of Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka Aam Aadmi Party Government of Tamil Nadu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam SiddaramaiahBasavaraj BommaiArvind Kejriwal M. K. StalinP.

In August 2023, Tamil Nadu requested that Karnataka release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day.

Whereas Tamil Nadu has often demanded its complete share without considering the facts of insufficient rains and draught situation in Karnataka.

[10] In August 2023, Tamil Nadu requested Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day, citing a severe drought and the need to irrigate crops.

[11][12] The Tamil Nadu government asked Karnataka to release 24,000 cusecs of water from the Cauvery River each day to support standing crops, but the Supreme Court declined to issue any orders in response.

[13][18] The Karnataka government has defended its decision to withhold water, arguing that it is doing so in order to protect its own farmers.

[20] The demonstration in Trichy is being led by Ayyakannu, president of the Tamil Nadu branch of the National South Indian River Interlinking Farmers' Association.

[23] PR Pandian, a well-known member of the Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Organization, led the demonstration.

[27] After that protesters block roads and railways in Karnataka to demand that the state government not release any more water to Tamil Nadu.

A large number of people are protesting in Karnataka because water is being released from the Cauvery to Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka Strike) was called by pro-Kannada organizations and farmers' outfits on Friday, September 29, 2023, to protest the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

[34][35] The Karnataka government had imposed prohibitionary orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Bengaluru Urban, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Ramanagara, and Hassan districts, and declared a holiday for schools and colleges there.

Many multinational companies, including Walmart, Alphabet's Google, and Amazon, asked their employees to work from home on the days of the protests to avoid disruptions.

The protesters were detained for a variety of reasons, including blocking roads, shouting slogans, and disrupting public transportation.

[47][48] Others Kejriwal and Mukhyamantri Chandru, the state president of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), attended the protest against release of water to Tamil Nadu.