CAUVERY WATER DISPUTE

CAUVERY WATER DISPUTE

The Cauvery is a large Indian river. The origin of the river is at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths in Poompuhar, Tamilnadu.

The matter of distribution of water of Cauvery between the TamilNadu and Karnatka is almost 135 year old. During British time the Karnatka was the part of Princely state of Mysore, whereas the TamilNadu was the part of Madras Presidency.

In 1910 the King of Mysore Raja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Vodiya with the help of chief Engineer Sir

M. Visvesvaraya wanted to build a dam across the river. But it never happened.

A treaty was signed betweeen both the states in 1924, which didn't work for long.As after

the state reorganization in 1956 the matter of water start catching fire a Fact Finding Committee

was formed and later a tribunal in 1990 was formed which after 16 years gave his decision in 

2007 that the treaty of 1924 was according to law and for society good and told it will be justify

to give 37% water to Karnatka, 58% water to TamilNadu, 4% to kerala and 1% to puducheery

but the states never came together on this decision.

Whenever the Monsoon is weak in these states specially the parts which are more dependant 

on Cauvery Water the dispute starts to reach its peak.

It is very grievous to see two states fighting over water as it may harm the unity of the country

but it is also true that there is a need of a proper and strong water managment committee

in India which can stop these issues in future.