(a) whether a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister was held, recently;
(b) if so, the decisions arrived at in the meeting; and
(c) the extent to which water dispute among Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry has been resolved?
THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI ARJUN CHARAN SETHI)
(a) to (c) Cauvery River Authority has been constituted
on 11.8.1998 to give effect to the implementation of the
Interim Order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal dated
25.6.1991 and , all its subsequent related orders. The
second meeting of the Cauvery River Authority was held on
14.7.2000 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister. In
the meeting, the Authority confirmed the minutes of the
first meeting and approved the Rules and Regulations for
Conduct of the Business of the Cauvery River Authority. It
was also agreed that Government of Karnatka would endeavour
to make good the deficit in inflow into Mettur reservoir for
the month of June, 2000 within next 30 days, and, government
of Tamil Nadu would make available the required quantities
of water to Pondicherry.