{"id":31089,"date":"2018-10-27T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31089"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T06:35:40","slug":"learning-from-cauvery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/learning-from-cauvery\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning from Cauvery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/learning-from-cauvery\/article22820317.ece\"><b>Learning from Cauvery<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context: \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supreme Court judgement on Cauvery water dispute highlights the role of water sharing issues on election outcomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the Judgement:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overall allocation of Karnataka was increased by 14.75 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) at the cost of Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The enhanced allocation includes 4.75 tmc ft exclusively for drinking water requirements of Bengaluru.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The increase and decrease have been worked out, keeping the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal\u2019s final order of 2007 as the reference point.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except this modification, the verdict has essentially stuck to the final order.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court was unequivocal on the formulation of a scheme to implement the modified final order, and it asked the Centre to draft the scheme in six weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The scheme entails the creation of an implementation mechanism, called the Cauvery Management Board (CMB).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What have been the reactions?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The judgement has brought joy in Karnataka<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it has brought disappointment among certain sections in Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doubts have been expressed in Tamil Nadu on whether the Central government will see to it that the scheme is put in place within the given period as Karnataka goes to Assembly elections in a few months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been complemented with Karnataka Chief Minister reiterating his opposition to the idea of the CMB. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Water sharing Issues and election outcomes:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political leaders of both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are under the impression that their position on the Cauvery dispute would determine their respective electoral fortunes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, this is not certainly true<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, the success of the Congress in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections despite facilitating the notification of the final order in the gazette of the Central government barely three months before the polls cannot be explained<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Way ahead:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competitive politics on matters concerning water are not confined only to Karnataka or Tamil Nadu politicians but the same exists in other parts of the country too. A classic example is that of Punjab. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, political leaders need to understand that their strident position on water do not guarantee victory in the elections<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral outcomes are shaped by a combination of complex factors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is time that water issues are de-politicised and political parties learn to see reason and respect the rule of law without getting carried away by electoral considerations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning from Cauvery Context: \u00a0 Supreme Court judgement on Cauvery water dispute highlights the role of water sharing issues on election outcomes About the Judgement: The overall allocation of Karnataka was increased by 14.75 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) at the cost of Tamil Nadu. 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