Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for expediting the hearing and adjudication of the appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal dated February 5, 2007 in the interest of the States concerned.

The State in its application said “the final order of the tribunal has placed an enormous burden on Karnataka to release 192 tmcft at Biligundlu, the inter-State border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.”