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 …
Hundreds of farmers staged protests in Karnataka’s Mandya district on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ordered the State to release water at the rate of 10,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) to Tamil Nadu. The Mandya Zilla Raitha Hitharakshana Samiti held a meeting to discuss the Supreme Court order. The …
Karnataka on Tuesday raised before the Supreme Court the question of maintainability of Tamil Nadu's plea for release of minimum 30 tmc-ft of Cauvery river water to save its standing samba crop. Karnataka said TN's plea was not maintainable since the state has not challenged the decisions of Cauvery Monitoring …
The Supreme Court today advised Karnataka to gracefully share Cauvery water with the lower riparian state of Tamil Nadu. “We want more gracefulness from the Big Brother,” a Bench comprising Justices DK Jain and Madan Lokur told Karnataka’s senior counsel Fali Nariman. Citing apex court orders passed in 1991 and …
A day after talks failed between the CMs of TN and Karnataka on the Cauvery dispute, the Supreme Court Friday directed the counsels of both the governments to file compilation of the documents which can be relied upon in the resolution of the row. A bench of Justices D.K. Jain …
With talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka failing to break the deadlock on the Cauvery water-sharing row, the Supreme Court has decided to hear both the states on Monday and asked them to place before it the undisputable documents on the issue. “We request counsel for both …
Talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Cauvery water sharing, held at the suggestion of the Supreme Court, failed after both sides stuck to their known positions. After more than an hourlong meeting, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said she had demanded a ‘bare minimum’ of …
As anticipated, the Supreme Court directed Cauvery water sharing talks between Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa failed to yield any results as both the States stuck to the guns throwing the ball back to Supreme Court’s court which is hearing a case on …
Focusing trans-boundary water regime of Ganges- Brahmaputra- Meghna (GBM) basin, this situation analysis paper discusses the core issues related to environmental security through analyzing various environmental impacts and its significance at the national and regional level. Specifically, the scope of this paper pertains to transboundary water relations between Bangladesh and …
Chief Ministers Shettar and Jayalalithaa fail to break the deadlock over water-sharing ‘Not a drop of water’:Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and his Tamil Nadu counterpart J Jayalalitha addressing the media separately in Bangalore on Thursday.Photos: K . Bhagya Prakash ‘Not a drop of water’:Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and …
The Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Jayalalithaa and Jagadish Shettar, will meet in Bangalore on Thursday to discuss sharing the available waters in the reservoirs across the Cauvery river in the backdrop of a suggestion by the Supreme Court. Sources close to Mr. Shettar told The Hindu that …
Talks between chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on Cauvery water sharing row, held at the suggestion of the Supreme Court, today failed to break the ice with both sides sticking to their known hard positions. After more than an hour-long meeting, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said …
In a bid to find a permanent solution to the Cauvery water sharing dispute, the Supreme Court on Monday asked Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to work towards an amicable solution. Refusing to mediate in the vexed issue involving distress water sharing formula between the States, the Bench …
The Supreme Court on Monday requested the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to hold talks along with experts to find an amicable solution to the vexed dispute over sharing of Cauvery river water which lands up before the top court year after year. A bench of Justices D …
The Supreme Court on Monday urged the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to meet and have a “meaningful dialogue” in order to find an “amicable” solution to the Cauvery water dispute. “We cannot force any decision on them but it has to be taken in a congenial atmosphere. …
Moves fresh petition in Supreme Court for direction to neighbouring State Tamil Nadu on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court for a direction to Karnataka to release 52.8 tmcft of water till February 2013 to save crops raised on 15 lakh acres. The State also wanted the …
Centre urged to ensure 40 tmcft water from Karnataka With a prolonged dry spell in the past fortnight after the lashing that the Nilam cyclone has inflicted, the delta farmers are once again at the mercy of Rain God. Only a few spells of moderate rain in the next few …
The Karnataka Government on Friday maintained that the ruling of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) asking Karnataka to release 4.8 tmc of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu within 15 days was unscientific and would file a review petition before the SC on November 23. Karnataka Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai …
The Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) met on Thursday and asked Karnataka to release a further 4.81 tmcft of river water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu within the next 15 days. It, however, did not decide the quantum of shortfall in releases during the season, which as per the Cauvery Water …
Emphasising the significance of inter-state water dispute tribunals in view of the emotions of people involved in such disputes, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the Centre must take “proactive role” in resolving such issues. “We cannot let these tribunals remain functional. In inter-state water disputes, emotions and tempers …
SC will ensure that required water will be made available to TN The government is making efforts to secure Tamil Nadu’s rightful share of Cauvery water from Karnataka and the Supreme Court will ensure that required amount of water will be made available to the State, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said …
