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Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal constituted

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Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal constituted
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On a Supreme Court direction, the Union government set up a tribunal to adjudicate the Kaveri water dispute between Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.

Repeated negotiations between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of Kaveri waters failed between 1968 and 1990. In 1983 a Tamil Nadu farmers' association petitioned the Supreme Court for a tribunal. On 4 May 1990 the Supreme Court directed the Union government to set one up, and the three-member Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal was constituted on 2 June 1990 under Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee. The tribunal became the main forum for the dispute for the next 17 years.

Related events

  1. 1991

    1. 25 Jun 1991Mettur DamAgriculture

      Cauvery tribunal issues interim award

      The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directed Karnataka to release 205 TMC ft of water a year to Tamil Nadu.

    2. 12 Dec 1991 to 13 Dec 1991BangaloreConflict

      Anti-Tamil violence in Karnataka over Cauvery award

      Mobs attacked Tamils in Bangalore, Mysore and other parts of southern Karnataka after the Cauvery interim award was gazetted.

  2. 1998

    1. 1998New DelhiGovernance

      Cauvery River Authority set up

      The Union government set up the Cauvery River Authority, chaired by the Prime Minister with the chief ministers of the basin states, to implement the interim award.

  3. 2007

    1. 5 Feb 2007KaveriLaw Justice

      Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award

      The Cauvery tribunal issued its final award allocating river water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.

  4. 2018

    1. 16 Feb 2018New DelhiLaw Justice

      Supreme Court final verdict on Cauvery waters

      The Supreme Court reduced Tamil Nadu's share of Cauvery water slightly and ordered a scheme for implementation, leading to the Cauvery Water Management Authority.

    2. 1 Jun 2018DelhiGovernance

      Cauvery Water Management Authority constituted

      Following the Supreme Court's final Cauvery verdict, the Union government created the Cauvery Water Management Authority.

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