write a essay on Cauvery dispute in 300 words
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The use and development of Cauvery waters were regulated by agreements of 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile princely state of Mysore and the Madras presidency. The 1924 agreement had been necessary because Madras had objected to Mysore building the Krishnarajasagar dam across the Cauvery, and the agreement facilitated it by allowing Madras to build the Mettur dam. A significant feature of the agreement was that it put restrictions on the extent of area that could be safely irrigated by the two states by using the Cauvery waters.
With the reorganization of states in 1956, the situation changed a bit because the 802-km-long Cauvery river, which originateas at Talacauvery in Kodagu district in Karnataka, traverses mainly through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu while its basin covers areas in Kerala (which has three of its tributaries), and Karaikal region of Pondicherry, (now Puducherry) as well.
The basic dispute has always been about the sharing of waters in the Cauvery Basin. As per the 1892 and 1924 agreements the approximate river water allotments were as follows:
75% to Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry,
23% to Karnataka, and
the rest to Kerala
With the reorganization of states in 1956, the situation changed a bit because the 802-km-long Cauvery river, which originateas at Talacauvery in Kodagu district in Karnataka, traverses mainly through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu while its basin covers areas in Kerala (which has three of its tributaries), and Karaikal region of Pondicherry, (now Puducherry) as well.
The basic dispute has always been about the sharing of waters in the Cauvery Basin. As per the 1892 and 1924 agreements the approximate river water allotments were as follows:
75% to Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry,
23% to Karnataka, and
the rest to Kerala
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