The verdict in five points

ONE: The court instructed Karnataka to release 177.25 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu from its inter-state Biligundlu dam.

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TWO: Karnataka will get 284.75 tmcft. That's a 14.75 tmcft more than the 2007 tribunal award of 270 tmcft.

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THREE: Tamil Nadu will now get 404.25 tmcft of Cauvery water, instead of the 419 tmcft allotted by the tribunal.

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FOUR: The Supreme Court allowed Tamil Nadu to draw an additional 10 tmcft of 'groundwater,' from a total of 20 tmcft beneath the Cauvery basin

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FIVE: The 2007 tribunal award of 30 tmcft to Kerala, and of 7 tmcft to Puducherry, will remain unchanged.