Fixing quotas for withdrawal of Krishna river water by riparian states, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) today allocated the maximum share to Andhra Pradesh but allowed Karnataka to increase the water storage level of the Almatti dam from 519.6 m to 524.26 m.

The tribunal, the second related to the dispute and constituted in 2004 under Justice (retired) Brijesh Kumar, allocated 1,001