The real culprit here is neither Karnataka nor Tamilnadu...but it is Kerala. Kerala has so much extra water and it is all wasted to sea.(There is nobody to do any sort of agriculture, all have migrated to Gulf). If some of this water can be diverted to RN, they won't require this much of Cauvery water. And to make matters worse Kerala gets 30tmcft of Kaveri water, what for???