more-inNow that the Karnataka election is over, the Centre has finally mustered the courage to submit a draft scheme in the Supreme Court to implement the final decision on apportioning the Cauvery waters among the riparian States. The draft, which gives no name for the authority it proposes to create to monitor implementation of the Cauvery Tribunal’s final award, as modified by the Supreme Court, has been largely drawn from the Tribunal’s directions. Its powers would extend to apportionment, regulation and control of Cauvery waters, supervision of operations of reservoirs and regulation of water releases. There are a few differences between the Cauvery Management Board envisaged by the Tribunal and the authority proposed in the scheme. All States should agree to the broad contours of this scheme and comply with the authority’s decisions.

Source: The Hindu May 15, 2018 18:22 UTC