Rubbing salt into Karnataka's wounds on Cauvery

The government of India is simply making a fool of Karnataka. First Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his capacity as Chairman of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) passes an order directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu till 15 October. The Supreme Court upholds the order after which Karnataka starts releasing the water. And when protests spiral in the Cauvery districts in Karnataka, Singh sends a team of officials to the two states for a sitrep which will have to be submitted by 15 October.

Now, that begs the question "why couldn't a team have been sent before the CRA passed the order at its meeting on 19 September?" Had that been done, the CRA may have been armed with a better understanding of the ground situation in the two states and come out with an order that wouldn't have sparked the kind of outrage it has. And even if the order weren't any different, Singh would at least have not given the opportunity for Karnataka to cry foul. Statesmanship on the part of the powers in Delhi is clearly in short supply.  

Given that the official team's mandate is to submit a report by 15 October, it may well be that the CRA or the Supreme Court wouldn't want to intervene till that date. Which in effect would mean Karnataka more or less complying with the 9,000 cusecs per day till 15 October directive. That would amount to rubbing salt into Karnataka's wounds.