NEW DELHI: The Centre has given a six-month extension to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) to submit its report on water sharing among four states, including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The next deadline for submission of report by the tribunal would now be May 2, 2018.
The extension was notified by the water resources ministry on Thursday on the request of the tribunal which was earlier given time till November 2 to submit its report.
The sharing of waters of the Cauvery river has been the source of a serious conflict between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The tribunal was constituted on June, 2, 1990, to adjudicate the water dispute. Kerala and Puducherry are the other two states party to the dispute.
After hearing concerns of all the four states concerned for over 16 years, the tribunal had finally in February 2007 announced its order allocating specified quantum of water to all four states. The Centre had notified the tribunal's award in 2013. However, the states had then challenged the tribunal's order in the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu has been accusing Karnataka of not releasing its due share of water. Karnataka, on the other hand, has expressed its inability to release the stipulated quantum of water owing to scarcity in the state.
The next deadline for submission of report by the tribunal would now be May 2, 2018.
The extension was notified by the water resources ministry on Thursday on the request of the tribunal which was earlier given time till November 2 to submit its report.
The sharing of waters of the Cauvery river has been the source of a serious conflict between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The tribunal was constituted on June, 2, 1990, to adjudicate the water dispute. Kerala and Puducherry are the other two states party to the dispute.
After hearing concerns of all the four states concerned for over 16 years, the tribunal had finally in February 2007 announced its order allocating specified quantum of water to all four states. The Centre had notified the tribunal's award in 2013. However, the states had then challenged the tribunal's order in the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu has been accusing Karnataka of not releasing its due share of water. Karnataka, on the other hand, has expressed its inability to release the stipulated quantum of water owing to scarcity in the state.
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