Cauvery Water Dispute

On 14th August, 2023, the Tamil Nadu government sought the Supreme Court’s intervention to make Karnataka immediately release 24,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) from its reservoirs. Cauvery Water Dispute involves 3 States and one Union Territory:

    1. Tamil Nadu
    2. Kerala
    3. Karnataka
    4. Puducherry
  • It entailed the principle that the upper riparian state must obtain consent of lower riparian state for any construction activity viz. reservoir on the river Cauvery.
  • By Tamil Nadu's demand, the Union government formed the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 1990 that adjudicated the dispute in 2007.
  • The final verdict of the SC came in 2018 where it declared the Cauvery a national asset.
  • The ....
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