The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with orders of the Cauvery Water Management Authority and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, directing Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of water to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, amid a renewed debate between the two states over sharing of the river water. Farmers organisations and pro-Kannada organisations staged protests in Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru urging the state government not to release water to Tamil Nadu.