Implement Cauvery draft scheme before rains: Supreme Court

Implement Cauvery draft scheme before rains: Supreme Court

News:

1. The Supreme Court has ordered the Central government to implement its draft Cauvery Management Scheme before the monsoon.

Important facts:

2. The Supreme Court said that the draft scheme was in accordance with the Cauvery Water Tribunal award which was modified by the court on February and was also in conformity with the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act of 1956.
3. The court also found the draft scheme is in conformity with Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act.
4. The Supreme Court has  dismissed objections raised by Kerala and Karnataka that the scheme encroached upon the States’ authority to conserve and use the waters under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.