This is the second time Jayalalithaa is resorting to a fast on the Cauvery issue.
Some demonstrations have been held in parts of the state but the overall situation is peaceful.
The apex court directed the two states to ensure there is no violence, agitation, destruction and damage to properties following its order on Cauvery water sharing and asked them to maintain peace, calm and dignity for law.
Finding fault with the method adopted by the CWDT in calculating the award, Kerala complained that the tribunal had taken the starting point, the inequitable imperial treaties of 1892 and 1924 to which the state was never a party.
As the House re-assembled at 1600 hours, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee appealed to members to discuss the contentious water-sharing issue in a dispassionate and responsible manner.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday convened a meeting at her room in the Apollo Hospital in Chennai to discuss the interim directions issued by the Supreme Court on the Cauvery issue.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday held consultations with Congress leaders from Karnataka on sharing of Cauvery waters with Tamil Nadu during which they told him about the "grim" situation in Karnataka.
Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday launched an attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for asking Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily "without assessment of ground reality" on water storage levels in this state.
The Cauvery River Authority headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet in New Delhi on September 19.
The verdict brings an end to the 16-year-old dispute but fears of violence loom large.
The much anticipated meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee on Thursday decided that Tamil Nadu will get 8.85 thousand million cubic feet of water over the next fortnight. Karnataka said it would not accept the award.
After External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, another Union minister from Karnataka has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding a review of the decision of the Cauvery River Authority asking the state to provide Tamil Nadu with 9,000 cusecs of water daily.
Taking Karnataka to task for its repeated "defiance" by flouting its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Friday asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from tomorrow till October 6, warning no one would know when the "wrath of the law" would fall on it.
With talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka failing to break the deadlock on the Cauvery water-sharing row, the Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear both the states on Monday and asked them to place before it the undisputable documents on the issue.
The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Prime Minister's Office officials for not holding a meeting of Cauvery River Authority, headed by the Prime Minister, to resolve the water-sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
From installing water-saving aerators on taps to using cans for washing hands and dishes, Bengaluru is adopting diverse strategies to tide over the water crisis. While several citizens have taken to social media to urge Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to make work from home mandatory for IT companies, it appears that hybrid mode will continue to be the norm for most - although with new water conservation measures in place. Co-working space provider Urban Vault has, for instance, installed smart water meters to detect leakage.
The authorities have issued flood alert to the people living in the low lying areas and also along river banks in as many as nine districts.
For the first time in nine years, the Cauvery River Authority will meet later in September this time to discuss Tamil Nadu's demand for immediate release of water by Karnataka to save the state's standing rice crops.
The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court seeking around Rs 2,500 crore from Karnataka for loss of crops due to non-release of Cauvery water during the irrigation year 2012-13 as per the interim award of the Cauvery water disputes tribunal
Maintaining that the situation is peaceful, police said stringent action would be taken against miscreants or vandals.
Complying with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka on Saturday commenced release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, as the BJP Government's action came in for sharp criticism from opposition parties and triggered protests.
Favouring a long-lasting solution to the Cauvery dispute outside the purview of the court and tribunal, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Thursday mooted a three-point approach, including building two reservoirs and formation of a mediation committee of experts.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her Karnataka counterpart Jagadish Shettar will meet in Bangalore on Thursday in an effort to find a solution to the Cauvery water sharing row. The meeting comes after the Supreme Court on Monday asked both the chief ministers to meet and arrive at an amicable solution to the "sensitive" water dispute.
Karnataka on Thursday decided to file an 'original suit' and a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court challenging the February 5 final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal besides seeking clarificatory orders from the tribunal.
Lambasting the Karnataka government for "stopping" the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, key United Progressive Alliance ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on virtually demanded imposition of Central rule in the neighbouring state so as to "teach a lesson to stone-hearted" regimes on inter-state issues.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's efforts to resolve the Cauvery water-sharing row between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka failed on Wednesday with both states refusing to accept the ruling and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa declaring that the state would move the Supreme Court seeking justice
Addressing a press conference after a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, Water Resources Minister N K Preamchandran said the award did not do justice to the genuine interest of Kerala.
Ticking off the Centre for 'flouting the law' for the last five years, the Supreme Court On Monday set a February 20 deadline to notify Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award, saying it has no discretion or choice but to do so.
Meanwhile, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have so far not been able to reach a consensus on issues concerning the Parambikkulam Aliyar Project.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday said her government was making all efforts to uphold the rights of the state on the Cauvery water-sharing issue and hoped it would get justice from the Supreme Court.
The Centre also moved the apex court seeking modification of its earlier order asking it to constitute the Cauvery Water Management Board by Tuesday.
'We plan to add over 100,000 square kilometres every year, to reach an ambitious target of 500,000 square kilometres by 2025.'
Stepping up pressure on the Cauvery water issue, the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday said it was "absolutely" essential on the part of the Centre to put in place a monitoring mechanism to ensure that the state gets its rightful share of water during the year.
The much awaited meeting between the chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery river water distribution has failed.
The water level at the Krishna Raj Sagar reservoir has hit a rock bottom and this prompted Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yeddyurappa to issue a statement that the stipulated amount of water for the month of June will not be released to Tamil Nadu. Yeddyurappa said that the water levels in all the reservoirs have hit rock bottom and hence there is no chance of releasing water.
Complying with a Supreme Court directive, Karnataka on Sunday began the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, triggering widespread protests across its district and disrupting vehicular movement. Irrigation authorities told PTI that about 5000 cusecs of water was being released from Krishnarajasagar Dam and Kabini Reservoir since Saturday night
As reports of tension prevailed on the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border over the Cauvery water row, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu should not give room to turn the feeling of "bitterness" among people of the states into "enmity".
The AFC Cup quarter-final between Bengaluru FC and Singapore's Tampines Rovers will be played behind closed doors in Bengaluru on Wednesday after incidents of street violence and vandalism in the city owing to the Cauvery water dispute.
Farmers from Karnataka have decided to sit on an indefinite hunger strike at the Krishna Raja Sagar dam near Mysore from Thursday to protest the release of Cauvery River's water to Tamil Nadu. The Union government has assured them that an expert team will be sent to both states to study the issue.
The Karntaka government on Saturday decided to press Prime Minister Manmohan Singh again -- to stay the September 19 order of the Cauvery River Authority -- directing the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to October 15.
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