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Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal final verdict
Bangalore, Feb 12: Cauvery, is termed by Indian constitution, as an interstate river. It rises at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri hills in Western Ghats and flows through Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Puducherry. Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT), a tribunal set up 17 years ago, to decide on a dispute over sharing water from the River in Southern India has announced its verdict on Feb 5, 2007. In its five-volume order containing about 1000 pages, the tribunal awarded 419tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu, 270tmc ft to Karnataka, 30tmc ft to Kerala, 7tmc ft to Puducherry, and 10 tmc ft for environmental protection respectively.
| CAUVERY VERDICT | |||
| Total water availability (per year) in Cauvery- 736 tmc to 740 tmc (in non-distress period) | |||
| Tamilnadu's Share 419 tmc | Karnataka's Share 270 tmc | Kerala's Share 30 tmc | Puducherry's share 7 tmc |
| Where it comes from | |||
| For TN TN will get 192 tmc from Karnataka The rest 227 tmc will come from its own catchment area. This includes water gets into Cauvery river from from TN's Noyyal, Bhavani and Kollidam rivers | For Karnataka The water available from Tala Cauvery to Biligundu (catchment area) belongs to Karnataka | For Kerala Karnataka has to give | For Puducherry Tamilnadu has to give As a last reparian state TN should leave 10 tmc of water in cauvery river, for environmental purpose |
| Why TN is not a winner?
After
getting
192
tmc
from
Karnataka,
TN
has
to
give
7
tmc
to
Puducherry
and
leave
10
tmc
in
cauvery
itself.
So,
TN's
share
comes
down | Why Karnataka is not a loser? Karnataka need to give only 192 tmc to TN, not 205 tmc as stipulated in interim award | ||
| Karnataka's major reservation Why 419 tmc for TN and only 270 tmc for us? | Tribunal's answer The share was worked out after the assessors report of total cultivable land in all the four states and water required and climatic patterns | ||
| Why TN is celebrating? There was no assurance of getting any amount of water from Karnataka till now. But, now the final order has mandated the centre to form a monitoring committee to ensure the flow of stipulated water from Karnataka. So whatever water comes is fine for TN | |||
| The major misunderstanding (in Karnataka) Karnataka has to give 419 tmc to TN, which is not the fact. It is only 192 tmc | |||
| When rain gods fail... In distress period all the states have to reduce their share, in the same ratio of final order. And every alternative year is a distress year in the peninsula for the last few decades | |||
