Cauvery water sharing in a distress year
Quick dive
- The Supreme Court heard Tamil Nadu’s claim of an 11.719 tmc ft shortfall at Billigundulu up to October 6.
- Tamil Nadu argued that the shortfall was affecting Samba cultivation and the Cauvery Delta’s farm livelihoods.
- Karnataka cited drought, drinking-water needs and reservoir conditions; Tamil Nadu pointed to combined Karnataka reservoir storage of about 49 tmc ft.
- The Court asked how Karnataka could clear a backlog when it was itself facing scarcity, observing that a backlog can be recovered only when excess water exists.
- exam_relevance: tests inter-State river governance, riparian principles, distress sharing, the Cauvery tribunal framework and Supreme Court federal adjudication; it echoes UPSC Prelims 2016 on river-water disputes and Mains GS-II federalism, with 11.719 tmc ft and Billigundulu as exact anchors.
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