CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On 15 November 2012, The Cauvery Monitoring Committee directed the Karnataka government to release 4.81 TMC to Tamil Nadu between 16 and 30 November. On 6 December, the supreme court directed Karnataka to release 10, 000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which declared the Cauvery a “national asset” and largely upheld the water-sharing arrangements finalised by the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) in its award on February 5, 2007, said Karnataka was entitled to a “marginal” relief.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus Cauvery dispute falls under original jurisdiction as Article 131 states any disputes between centre or states will come under original jurisdiction under the provision of the Supreme Court.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cauvery is an interstate basin, having its origin in Karnataka and flowing through Tamil Nadu and Puducherry before falling in the Bay of Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have been embroiled in disputes over sharing the Cauvery waters for more than a century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Karnataka has released 416.65 tmcft of water as against the required 101.08 tmcft (as per the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal) to Tamil Nadu in the 2022 water year, Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation Govind M.