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2023 Kaveri water sharing protests Part of the Kaveri River water dispute Cauvery river flows into Karnataka state and then into the Tamil Nadu state Date August 2023 (1 year ago) (2023-08) Location Karnataka, India Caused by Karnataka's refusal to release more Cauvery water amid drought Goals Stop releasing more water to Tamil Nadu Methods Gherao (encirclement), dharna (sit-in), raasta roko ...
On 6 December, the supreme court directed Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. The court asked the union government to indicate the time frame within which the final decision of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal, which was given in February 2007, was to be notified. This decision was given in the view of saving the ...
The reservoir water is used to supply water to the downstream barrages Rajolibanda and Sunkesula located on the Tungabhadra River. The identified water use from the project is 220 tmcft by the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh got 151 tmcft and 79 tmcft water use entitlement respectively. [4]
Karnataka is opposed to the project on the grounds that its share of the Kaveri waters will be affected and that the picturesque waterfall belongs to it (based on erstwhile topographical map of Madras Presidency), thereby alleging that the drinking water project at Hogenakkal is illegal. [8] [9]
The issue resurfaced after Bangladesh gained independence in 1971. In 1983, a temporary water-sharing agreement was made between the two nations, giving India 39% of the river's water and Bangladesh 36%. However, this arrangement was never formalized into a permanent treaty, and discussions have since been ongoing. [3]
The term water war is colloquially used in media for some disputes over water, and often is more limited to describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over the rights to access water resources. [2] [3] The United Nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. [4]
The second Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal gave its draft verdict on 31 December 2010. [11] The allocation of available water was done according to 65% dependability, considering the records of flow of water for past 47 years. According to KWDT II, Andhra Pradesh got 1001 TMC of water, Karnataka 911 TMC and Maharashtra 666 TMC. Next review of ...
The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), [1] also referred to as the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal, [2] [3] is a tribunal that adjudicates the dispute over River Mhadei water allocation. [4] [5] [6] The sharing of the waters of this river is a cause of dispute between the governments of Karnataka and Goa.