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Thursday, March 15, 2018

TN Assembly resolution calls for setting up Cauvery Water Management Board Thursday March 15,2018

In a rare display of solidarity among parties in Tamil Nadu, the State Assembly on Thursday unanimously moved a resolution urging the Centre to establish the Cauvery Water Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee in line with the order of the Supreme Court.

Moving the resolution in a special session of the Assembly, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said the Supreme Court’s order of February 16, 2018, had clearly directed that a scheme for sharing Cauvery waters between the disputing States should be in place in six weeks.

The scheme should be in line with the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, delivered in February 2007. This order had also been notified in February 2013. The apex court had only reduced the allocation to 177 tmcft to Tamil Nadu as compared with the Tribunal’s allocation of 192 tmcft in the final order but there was no ambiguity in the scheme for sharing the water.

The State government had also called for the implementation of the Supreme Court directive at a meeting called by the Union Water Resources Department on March 9, that saw the participation of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry officials.

MK Stalin, the Leader of Opposition and DMK Working President, said the Assembly members fully support the resolution. The Cauvery represents the lifeline for farmers and the State will not compromise on its rights in this issue, he said.

Parties should not resort to politics or play the blame game. All political parties in the State should work together in ‘thought and deed’ to assert the demand for the establishment of a management board and regulation committee for fair sharing of the river water.

Over the years, Karnataka has not released water either in line with the interim order of the Tribunal or the final order. There should be no further delay in setting up the Board and Committee with adequate powers to enforce the order.

The DMK’s allies, including the Congress, supported the resolution.

The House then unanimously approved the resolution

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