Question

How would you define inter-state water disputes?

Answer 1

Explanation:

it is dispute between two states related to water

Answer 2

Inter-state water disputes

Explanation:

• This is observed when a single important river flows through many states.
• The dispute is over the use of water by individual states. Often the unregulated use of water by one state deprives the other state of water.
• The settlement of such disputes is done under Article 262 of the Constitution of India.
• This is accomplished by the Parliament of India.
• On the basis of this Article, the Parliament has set up the Interstate River Water Disputes Act in 1956, whose responsibility is to settle any form of water dispute among the states.
• An example of such a dispute is over the use of water from the  Kaveri river between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.