The Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday made a fresh plea in the Supreme Court for issuing appropriate directions to Karnataka to make good the shortfall of 48 tmcft of water as per the distress sharing formula.

It said as per the formula there must be pro-rata sharing of the available flows during the southwest monsoon and Karnataka must release 2 tmcft of water per day for 24 days to sustain the samba crop grown in an extent of 14.53 lakh acres.