The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
The Cauvery Water Management Authority.
In 1892, the Cauvery agreement was made between Mysore state
and other Princely states.
In 1998, Centre set up the Cauvery River Authority(CRA) and a monitoring committee(MC).
Which state has recently announced Cauvery delta region as a Protected Special Agriculture Zone?
In 2016, the Cauvery went dry at its source as rainfall fell by 40-70%.
Veteran water expert and former Cauvery Technical Cell Chairman,
passed away on July 9, 2017.
In the year 2016, the Cauvery River went dry as the rainfall reduced by 40%-70%.
Cauvery river water dispute started in 1892 between Madras Presidency
and the Princely state of Mysore.
Karnataka election hurts formation of Cauvery Management Board as political parties look to play it safe.
This revenue is shared between Cauvery Niravari Nigam and Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation(KSTDC)
in the ratio 3:1.
The Cauvery agreement was drawn up in the 1920s,
when its headwaters in Coorg flowed through far more forested areas.
Cities in the two states which depend for their water supply on the Cauvery waters face acute drinking water shortage.
Mrigal carp is another popular food
fish and an important aquacultured freshwater species, only surviving wild population in the Cauvery river.
The first meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority was held in New Delhi to resolve the dispute
among southern states.
Parties in Karnataka, meanwhile, have opposed the formation of the CMB,
fearing the state would lose control over the Cauvery water.
He also said the State government should put additional pressure on the Central government to set up the Cauvery Management Board.
The town is located in the
historic Thanjavur area on the banks of river Cauvery and is dominated by the community of'Brahmins' and'Muslims'.
Chinnamalai engaged in guerrilla warfare and defeated the British in battles at Cauvery in 1801, Odanilai in 1802 and Arachalur in 1804.
In July last year, major reservoirs in Cauvery basin were full
even though rainfall in the basin was 4 per cent below normal.
The plea has been
refuted because the court cannot wait till July as the first release of water from Cauvery is scheduled in June.
Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River(also known as Cauvery river) on one side, and the Kaveri distributary Kollidam(Coleroon) on the other side.
On November 15, 2012, The Cauvery Monitoring Committee directed the Karnataka government
to release 4.81 tmc ft to Tamil Nadu between 16 and 30 November.
The Cauvery already does not reach the ocean for almost three months
in a year and two states are at war for this depleting river.
The Tribunal likewise prescribed setting up the Cauvery Management Board(CMB) to actualize the
Tribunal's order, and said, otherwise,"its choice would just be on a bit of paper".
The Tribunal also recommended setting up the Cauvery Management Board(CMB) to implement the
Tribunal's decisions, and said, otherwise,“its decision would only be on a piece of paper”.
The Cauvery Tribunal announced its final decision on February 5,
2007, but so far, there has been no consensus on how water will be shared when the monsoon fails.