Bengaluru: Sporadic protests broke out in Mysuru and Mandya districts, the heart of the Cauvery river basin region, on Tuesday following the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) direction to release water to Tamil Nadu. According to the Karnataka Water Resource Minister Ramalinga Reddy, the CWRC has directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water for 15 days to the neighbouring state. Speaking to reporters, Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj told reporters that releasing water to Tamil Nadu will amount to betrayal at a time when the state is reeling under acute drought. “I strongly condemn the KWRC’s order of releasing 3,500 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu when there is no water for Bengaluru. He said the government should take a firm stand and stand by its people and not Tamil Nadu.