Cavery water tribunal verdict

Cauvery Water Tribunal Verdict





The river begins in Karnataka but the state has always said the 1892 agreement, which is the source of the dispute, is unfair.





That was the year when the British-ruled Madras presidency (now Tamil Nadu) bulldozed the Maharaja-ruled Mysore (Karnataka) not to do anything with the Cauvery waters without the permission of Tamil Nadu.





In 1974, the Raj-era agreements lapsed. Tamil Nadu wanted them continued while Karnataka wanted to renegotiate in 1990, and so, the Cauvery tribunal was set up to resolve the standoff.





In the 17 years since then the only thing the two big states agreed to, was the figure of 740,000 million cubic feet.





This is the average amount of water that follows in the Cauvery annually. But the two differ vastly on how much water they need.





Tamil Nadu says it needs three quarters of this and Karnataka can make do with only a quarter. But Karnataka wants two thirds and let Tamil Nadu get





This verdict is not a realistic one since the water in the river depends on the monsoon. If there are no rains for a year or two where will Karnataka get water to pump it to Tamilnadu.





Pl. sign this petition in-order to change this ruling by the tribunal keeping in mind the realistic situations.