(a) whether the Government are aware that Karnataka is not abiding by the interim orders of Cauvery River Water Dispute Tribunal to release 205 tmcft water to Tamil Nadu every year;
(b) if so, whether the Government propose to intervene into the matter; and
(c) if so, the steps being initiated in this direction?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) to (c) The Central Government has published the Interim
Order dated 25th June, 1991 of the Cauvery Water Disputes
Tribunal (CWDT) in the Official Gazette on 10.12.1991 under
Section 6 of the Inter State Water Disputes (ISWD) Act, 1956
thus making it final and binding on the parties to the
disputes. Party States are now required to give effect to the
Interim Order. Further, the Central Government has notified a
Scheme under Section 6 A of the ISWD Act, 1956 on 11th August,
1998 consisting of Cauvery River Authority and a Monitoring
Committee to give effect to the implementation of the interim
order dated 25th June, 1991 of the Tribunal and all its related
subsequent orders. The Cauvery River Authority has so far held
three meetings and the Monitoring Committee has held 12
meetings. Barring the water years 1995-96 and 2001–2002, when
the rainfall has been inadequate, the yearly inflows received
in Mettur Reservoir of Tamil Nadu in all the water years since
the operation of Interim Order have been more than 205 TMC ft.
On the direction of Cauvery River Authority, Central Water
Commission prepared a distress sharing formula. The State of
Tamil Nadu has expressed that the matter regarding sharing of
distress is under consideration of the Tribunal and therefore
subjudice. Karnataka stated that in view of the stand taken by
Government of Tamil Nadu, the discussion in the matter would
not serve any purpose.