{"id":258175,"date":"2023-08-31T20:39:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=258175"},"modified":"2023-09-16T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T05:51:53","slug":"share-the-distress-on-cauvery-water-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/share-the-distress-on-cauvery-water-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Share the distress \u2013 on Cauvery water sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cShare the distress\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>31st August 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 &#8211; Indian Polity &#8211; Issues pertaining to federalism<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The article explains the recent disputes between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on sharing of Cauvery water.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the point of contention between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Cauvery water sharing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tamil Nadu currently faces a c<strong>umulative shortage<\/strong> of approximately <strong>51 thousand million cubic feet<\/strong> in its <strong>allocated water share<\/strong> as of August 28.<\/p>\n<p>The request has been for <strong>24,000 cubic feet per second<\/strong> (cusecs) at <strong>Billigundulu on the interstate border<\/strong> for the latter half of August.<\/p>\n<p>Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court to direct Karnataka to release the prescribed <strong>36.76 tmc ft for September<\/strong>, as defined by the <strong>Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal&#8217;s final award<\/strong> in 2007 and modified by the Court in February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Karnataka, in its submitted affidavit, has informed the Court that the catchment areas of its two primary reservoirs have experienced <strong>below-average rainfall. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CWMA has also evaluated that the<strong> inflow deficienc<\/strong>y to Karnataka&#8217;s four reservoirs in the basin stands at <strong>about 51%.<\/strong> The Authority&#8217;s stance asserts that Tamil Nadu has &#8220;failed to comprehend that 2023 is a year of <strong>water scarcity.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the way forward for dispute resolution on Cauvery River?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is a necessity for a <strong>distress-sharing framework<\/strong> that is mutually preferred. This concept, initially endorsed by the Tribunal in its final ruling and reaffirmed by the Court&#8217;s 2018 judgement revolves around a<strong> proportional reduction <\/strong>in allocated shares.<\/p>\n<p>CWMA must ensure that its decisions are not perceived as being <strong>influenced. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is imperative for both states to prevent the Cauvery River from becoming a<strong> source of discord.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cShare the distress\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 31st August 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 &#8211; Indian Polity &#8211; Issues pertaining to federalism News&#8211; The article explains the recent disputes between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on sharing of Cauvery water. What is the point of contention between Tamil&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/share-the-distress-on-cauvery-water-sharing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Share the distress \u2013 on Cauvery water sharing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,225,10498],"class_list":["post-258175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-polity","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704908916},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}