Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bharatiya Kisan Union Purwa through its Secretary Vs Union of India Ministry of Jal Shakti & Others dated 07/03/2025. The grievance of the applicant is that railway bridge between Daraganj and Jhunsi is being constructed on the flood plains of …
Taking into consideration Tamil Nadu’s requirement for the next 15 days as well as the shortfall in Karnataka’s water releases between October 16 and 31, the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) on Wednesday directed that State to release 6.20 tmcft from November 1 to 15, according to Tamil Nadu sources. The …
The report of the Committee constituted to study the activities that are required for optimal development of river basins and changes required in the existing River Board Act, 1956 for achievement of the same, by the Ministry of Water Resources. The report consists of the draft Act which is to …
A Bill further to amend the River Boards Act, 1956 to provide for the establishment of River Basin Authority for the regulation and development of Inter-State Rivers and River Basins.
Asks Karnataka counsel to complywith CMC recommendations The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), which is meeting here on Wednesday, to examine all questions raised by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and make appropriate recommendations. A Bench of Justices D.K. Jain and J.S. Khehar also recorded an …
A CRA meeting held on September 19 had failed to produce a solution as both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had rejected the Prime Minister’s award of 9,000 cusecs of water to save the standing crops in the delta region. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) …
After power and land, the Centre does not want to open up water as another area of dispute with the state governments. Instead of rushing through with a national water legislation, the government will engage with each state to build up a consensus on metering of use of water, even …
The Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday made a fresh plea in the Supreme Court for issuing appropriate directions to Karnataka to make good the shortfall of 48 tmcft of water as per the distress sharing formula. It said as per the formula there must be pro-rata sharing of the available …
Cauvery River Authority's refusal to review water release order The Karnataka Government has moved the Supreme Court challenging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision as Chairperson of the Cauvery River Authority refusing to review his order directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from September 20 to …
Cauvery panel says directive is in line with Tribunal’s award The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC), at a meeting on Thursday, ordered Karnataka to release a further 8.85 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from October 16 till 31. According to sources present at the meeting, the CMC said this …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee Thursday directed Karnataka to release 8.85 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu from October 16 till the end of this month. Having already stopped water to Tamil Nadu, a defiant Karnataka said it was not in a position to release any water. The committee — chaired …
Bommai writes to Union water resources minister The Karnataka government, in a letter to the Centre, has contended that the prime minister has legal powers under the Inter State Water Disputes Act to review the September 19 decision taken in his capacity as the chairperson of the Cauvery River Authority …
Contending that Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shivappa Shettar and six others had brazenly and wilfully disobeyed the September 28 order to release 9,000 cusecs of water, the Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against them. Besides the Chief Minister, others against whom …
CRA will have to meet again for any review/stay of order, says Bansal Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday ruled out a stay or review of the decision of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) directing Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of water every day to Tamil Nadu till October 20, …
Even as Karnataka made clear that it would be “physically impossible” for it to release water anymore to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court told the State on Monday that “all these agitations [in Karnataka against water release] don’t serve any purpose. Sometimes, they may spoil a good case.” After hearing …
Faced With Protests, K’taka Won’t Release More Water. New Delhi:Faced with growing protests against release of additional 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it “will not be physically possible” for it to release any more water to its …
Cauvery Monitoring Committee to meet on October 11 The Karnataka government and farmers of the Cauvery basin districts, apart from the people of Bangalore city who are dependant on the river for drinking water, are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court, which is expected to hear the review …
Amid demands by leaders from Karnataka to review the Cauvery River Authority’s decision of asking the state to release 9,000 cusecs of water for Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting of political leaders from the state on Monday. Leaders from Karnataka, including External Affairs Minister S …
Urges Supreme Court to modify order on supply to Tamil Nadu The Karnataka government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court, seeking a stay/modification of its September 28 order, which directed the State to release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily till October 15 as per the orders of …
Bangalore/Mandya/Mysore: As farmers took centre stage by sidelining politicians, Karnataka filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a stay on the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) directive to release 9,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu until October 15. A week after the apex court directed Karnataka to abide …
Kerala has come out against the idea of creating an “overarching national legal framework of general principles on water sector,” which is an item on the agenda of the 14th National Conference of Water Resources and Irrigation Ministers in progress in New Delhi. Addressing the conference of the Ministers in …
