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write a brief note on the need of constituting cauvery water management board [cwmb] and cauvery water regulation committee [cwrc] in about 200-300 words

Answer 1

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◾️The Cauvery river water sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has been dragged for over decades now.

◾️The apex court, in its verdict delivered on February 16, had asked the Centre to frame the Cauvery management scheme, including creation of the Cauvery Managament Board.
The scheme would deal with the issue of water share of the four states in different circumstances like normal and deficient water years in the Cauvery river basin.

◾️The authority will exercise power and discharge such duty for "sufficient and expedient for securing compliance and implementation" of the Supreme Court order in relation to "storage, apportionment, regulation and control of Cauvery waters".

◾️Further, if any delay or shortfall is caused in release of water on account of default of any party state, the authority will take appropriate action.

◾️The authority will also supervise operation of reservoirs and with regulation of water releases therefrom with the assistance of regulation committee, the notification said.

◾️The authority will also look at regulated release of water by Karnataka, at the inter-state contact point presently identified as Billigundulu gauge and discharge station, located on the common border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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Answer 2

The Centre has no option but to establish the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to oversee sharing of the river water, according to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Edappadi K Palaniswami.

In an official press release, referring to the Supreme Court’s order of February 16, 2018, which had upheld the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, he pointed out the Court had clearly stated the Centre should put in place within six weeks a `scheme’ to share the river water in line with the Tribunal order.

The Court’s order followed an appeal filed by the river basin states, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, after the Tribunal delivered its final order in February 2007. The order had been notified by the Centre in February 2013.

Water allocation

In the release the Chief Minister said, except for reducing the quantum of water allocation to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court had clearly specified that the `scheme’ should be in line with the Tribunal’s final order. While reducing Tamil Nadu's share to 177 tmcft from 192 tmcft the Court had stated other provisions of the Tribunal’s order are unchanged.

The Court had also stated that as mentioned in the Tribunal’s order a Management Board and a Regulation Committee to assist the Board have to be constituted with adequate powers to oversee the monthly sharing of river water and compliance to the Tribunal order.

Fight for rights

Palaniswami said Tamil Nadu had reiterated its stand at the meeting of the representatives of the three states called by the Centre on Friday. The State government had clearly enunciated its stance at the meeting. The Members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu continue to fight for its rights in the issue.

The Chief Minister’s explanation followed a meeting at the Secretariat today with the officials concerned, including Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan. The officials had participated in the consultation organised by the Centre yesterday.

Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu including the DMK, the main opposition, have urged the State government clarify its stance on the issue.