It will have adequate representation from all States but will not have a voting system: Jha The Water Resources Ministry has begun the process of setting up a Cauvery Water Management Board (CWMB), though it might take beyond four weeks to finalise the chairman and the various members of the board, two senior officials told The Hindu. “We will definitely have a structure in place within the stipulated time,” G.S. Jha, Chairman, CWC, told The Hindu . “But the actual people who will be there might take some time to be decided.” Masood Hussain, who’s also a member of the Cauvery Supervisory Committee (CSC) said that a model might be the Krishna and Godavari river management boards. Mr. Jha said that though the board would have adequate representation from all States it would not have a voting system. The constitution of a board assumes significance in the light of the Supreme Court’s order on Tuesday to have a functioning board to decide sharing of the Cauvery water. Arson and loss of life followed the Supreme Court’s two orders September 5 and 12 on the release of waters from Karnataka, the upper riparian State. The Supreme Court had ordered Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of water between the September 20 and 27 over-ruling the CSC’s recommendation of 3,000 cusecs a day from September 20 to 30. The CSC has been empowered by the apex court to decide on the quantity of water to be shared between the states based on technical considerations, water availability and unfolding weather parameters. It will have adequate representation from all States but will not have a voting system: CWC Chairman