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Cauvery authority upholds order for Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs a day to Tamil Nadu
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Karnataka pleads 54% deficit, still must release 3,000 cusecs: CWMA versus CWRC roles for GS2
CWMA backs the release order despite Karnataka's distress plea.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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The Cauvery Water Management Authority has upheld the direction of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee that Karnataka release 3,000 cusecs a day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days.
Karnataka had argued it faces serious hydrological distress, with a 54 per cent deficit in cumulative inflows to its four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin.
The Authority was constituted after the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict on the Cauvery dispute.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- CWMA upheld the CWRC direction: Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs a day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days
- Karnataka cited a 54 per cent deficit in cumulative inflows to its four Cauvery basin reservoirs
- The Authority was constituted after the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict on the Cauvery dispute
- The 2018 verdict raised Karnataka's share to 284.75 TMC ft, based on the 2007 Tribunal award
- The four Karnataka reservoirs are Krishnaraja Sagar, Kabini, Hemavathi and Harangi
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- The Cauvery Water Management Authority was set up under a scheme framed per Section 6A of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, following the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict.
- The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee is the body that issues day-to-day release directions, which the Authority can uphold on appeal.
- The Cauvery basin is shared by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
- Water in distress years is shared on a pro-rata basis, as the Authority and Committee implement the final award.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS2 (federalism, inter-state water disputes): recurring distress-year conflicts expose the gap between a final award and its field implementation. The CWMA/CWRC mechanism, created after the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict, aims to depoliticise releases through data-based monitoring, yet states contest the figures. A transparent distress-sharing formula, shared real-time inflow data and a basin-level approach to demand management are the way forward.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
2026ರ ಅಕ್ಟೋಬರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ, 15 ದಿನ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ 3,000 ಕ್ಯೂಸೆಕ್ ನೀರನ್ನು ತಮಿಳುನಾಡಿಗೆ ಬಿಡುವಂತೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನವನ್ನು ಯಾವ ಶಾಸನಬದ್ಧ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯಿತು?
- ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ
- ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಜಲ ಆಯೋಗ
- ಕಾವೇರಿ ನೀರು ನಿರ್ವಹಣಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ (CWMA)
- ಅಂತರ-ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಂಡಳಿ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: C — ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್‌ನ 2018ರ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ ನಂತರ ರಚನೆಯಾದ ಕಾವೇರಿ ನೀರು ನಿರ್ವಹಣಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರವು ನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ ಸಮಿತಿಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನವನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯಿತು.
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