Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka farmers term Supreme Court's judgement fair
Cauvery water dispute, Karnataka farmers, Supreme Court
The verdict will also quench the thirst of Bengaluru
Farmers in Mandya in the Cauvery delta region of Karnataka are celebrating after the Supreme Court announced on Friday that the state will get 14.75 TMC or thousand million cubic feet more water in addition to the 270 TMC awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 2007.
The verdict will also quench the thirst of Bengaluru which will get more water to meet its drinking needs.
The judgement was hailed by the farmers who termed it as fair in addressing the needs of farmers as well as Bengaluru
The verdict comes just months before Karnataka goes to polls and has been claimed as a big victory by the ruling Congress.
The Supreme Court acknowledged Bengaluru as a global city and allotted it 4.75 TMC out of the state's increased share.
Bengaluru is politically important for the Congress as it has 28 assembly seats and the increased share of water, which is expected to solve this fast-growing city's drinking water woes, could prove to be beneficial for the Siddaramaiah government.
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The government received a lot of flak over increasing pollution, bad roads, frothing and foaming lakes, allegations of corruption, steel flyover in Bengaluru in the last few months.
Karnataka's gain is, however, Tamil Nadu's loss. The apex court modified the 2007 tribunal order to reduce Tamil Nadu's share from 192 TMC to 177.25 TMC. The tribunal's allocation of 30 TMC to Kerala and 7 TMC to Puducherry remains unchanged.
In its judgement, the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra stated that no single state can claim exclusive ownership of its water.
Misra also insisted on a body to oversee sharing of Cauvery waters after rejecting arguments by Karnataka and the centre against the Cauvery Management Board.
The court has directed the centre to set up the Board within six weeks to supervise the flow of waters to Tamil Nadu.