Geography of India Current Affairs Analysis
Supreme Court refuses to intervene either in favour of Karnataka or Tamil Nadu. It upheld the combined expertise of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) and the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to manage the water sharing between the two neighbouring States.
Cauvery Water Dispute:
The Kaveri is an interstate basin that originates in Karnataka and passes through Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
Dams along Cauvery River
Harangi and Hemavati dams in Karnataka .
Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Karnataka
Kabini Reservoir in Karnataka
Mettur Dam in Tamilnadu
Two Gauge and Discharge (G&D) sites
Kollegal and Billigundlu
Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) was constituted by in 1990
Cauvery Water Management Authority’ and the ‘Cauvery Water Regulation Committee
Constituted in: 2018
Constituted Under:
Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956
Cauvery Water Management Scheme 2018
CWMA located at: NewDelhi
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