Question : INTER STATE WATER DISPUTE

(a) the details of the pending Inter-State disputes pertaining to water sharing and related issues;

(b) the losses suffered including potential wastages as a result of such disputes;

(c) whether the recommendation for setting up or River Basin Origanisation with authority for regulation and control of the basin as provided under River Boards Act, 1956 has been implemented;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps including nationalisation and interlinking of rivers proposed to be taken to resolve these disputes?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) As per the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956 the water dispute arises a mong two or more State Governments when the Central Government receives request under Section 3 of the Act from any of the basin States with regard to existence of water dispute. The details of the present inter-State water disputes ISRWD Act, 1956 are as follows:

S.No.	River/Rivers	States concerned	Date of Reference	Date of Reference	to the Central	to the Tribunal	Government
1.	Ravi & Beas	Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan	-	April, 1986
2.	Cauvery	Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and	Union Territory of Pondicherry	July, 1986	June, 1990
3.	Krishna	Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh	and Maharashtra	September,2002-	April, 2004	January, 2003
4.	Madei/Mondovi/	Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra	July, 2002	-
5.	Vansadhara	Andhra Pradesh & Orissa	February, 2006	-