{"id":260977,"date":"2023-09-20T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=260977"},"modified":"2023-09-20T21:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:56:24","slug":"the-cauvery-water-management-authority-should-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-cauvery-water-management-authority-should-act\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cauvery Water Management Authority should act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cThe Cauvery Water Management Authority should act<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 20th September 2023.<\/p>\n

Syllabus:<\/strong> GS2- Polity- Interstate relation<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the ongoing water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu regarding the Cauvery River. It highlights the necessity of a distress-sharing formula, recent developments in the Supreme Court, and the roles of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and other relevant bodies.<\/p>\n

What are the main issues with Cauvery River water sharing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Historical Dispute:<\/strong> The sharing of the Cauvery River water has been contentious since the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s 1991 interim order.<\/p>\n

Lack of Clear Guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s no detailed distress-sharing formula in the 2007 Tribunal order or the 2018 Supreme Court judgment.<\/p>\n

Both mentioned pro-rata sharing in distress times, but specifics are lacking.<\/p>\n

State Perspectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tamil Nadu factors in the deficit in inflows to four Karnataka reservoirs and the rainfall pattern in three Cauvery catchment groups.<\/p>\n

Karnataka argues that water sharing should consider both the southwest and northeast monsoons.<\/p>\n

Unclear Reservoir Status: From June 1 to August 27, the four Karnataka reservoirs faced a 51.22% shortfall in inflows.<\/p>\n

Authority’s Stance:<\/strong> Neither the disputing parties nor the Cauvery Water Management Authority has opposed the concept of distress sharing. The disagreement is on the formula’s specifics.<\/p>\n

What do the judicial bodies say?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) 2007 Order:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tribunal did not provide much in its final order regarding distress sharing.<\/p>\n

However, it did mention that during two consecutive bad years of rain, the monthly schedule of water release should be relaxed.<\/p>\n

The suggestion was to operate all reservoirs in the basin in an integrated manner to “minimize any harsh effect.”<\/p>\n

Supreme Court Judgment 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court also did not provide a clear guideline for distress sharing.<\/p>\n

The judicial bodies referred to the principle of pro-rata sharing in times of distress.<\/p>\n

Current Scenario:<\/strong> Neither the states involved in the dispute, nor the Authority has expressed opposition to the concept of distress sharing. The main disagreement is about the specifics of the formula.<\/p>\n

What should be done now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Transparency is Essential:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The CWMA and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) should publish their meeting proceedings online.<\/p>\n

Providing access to these records will help dispel misconceptions in both states.<\/p>\n

Proactive Approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The CWMA, despite its establishment in 2018, hasn’t made significant progress in five years. This needs to change.<\/p>\n

The Authority should not miss the current opportunity to address the issue.<\/p>\n

Objective Decision Making:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Authority comprises officials and technical experts.<\/p>\n

They should utilize their expertise to create a rational and objective distress-sharing formula.<\/p>\n

Judicious Water Use:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tamil Nadu should focus on the efficient and judicious use of water, regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision on its water quota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cThe Cauvery Water Management Authority should act\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 20th September 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Polity- Interstate relation News: The article discusses the ongoing water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu regarding the Cauvery River. It highlights the necessity of a distress-sharing formula, recent developments… Continue reading The Cauvery Water Management Authority should act<\/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-260977","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":6,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698336992},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260977","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=260977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}