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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was appointed as the chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal
A
Deepak Gupta
B
Navin Sinha
C
S. Abdul Nazeer
D
Abhay Manohar Sapre
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The tribunal was headquartered at New Delhi and was to be headed by Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee. Tamil Nadu – claimed the flows should be ensured in accordance with the terms of the agreements of 1892 and 1924 (ie., 566 TMC for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; 177 TMC for Karnataka and 5 TMC for Kerala).

Detailed explanation-2: -Saumitra Kumar Haldar first full-time chief of Cauvery Authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monitoring of the implementation of Interim order of CWDT The Cauvery River Authority consists of the Prime Minister as Chairperson and Chief Ministers of the basin States as members.

Detailed explanation-4: -To resolve the matter, the CWDT (Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal) was established in 1990 which took 17 years to arrive at the final order (2007) on how Cauvery water should be shared between the 4 riparian states in normal rainfall conditions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mr Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Judge, Supreme Court of India as Chairman. Dr Justice Ravi Ranjan, Judge, Patna High Court as Member. Mrs Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar, Judge, Delhi High Court as Member.

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