Meenakshisundaram, SS and Raghavan, Priya and Singh, M Amarjeet
(2010)
The Cauvery Conflict (NIAS Backgrounder No. B5-2010).
Backgrounder.
NIAS, Bangalore.
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| Abstract: |
T he conflict over sharing of the
waters of the Cauvery has
spread over more than a century, involving
four prominent contenders in South
India– the riparian states of Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the union
territory of Pondicherry. Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu have historically clashed on
the issue, dating back to the times of the
British-controlled Madras Presidency and
the Princely State of Mysore while Kerala
entered the fray on the reorganisation of
states in 1956 and Pondicherry, only in
the 1970s.
While two treaties, the Agreements of
1892 and 1924, held the peace between
Mysore and Madras through the last few
decades of the nineteenth century and the
first half of the twentieth, the sharing of
Cauvery waters once again turned
contentious with Tamil Nadu alleging a
violation of the terms of one of the treaties
by Karnataka, and conflicting
interpretations by the two states of a
clause of the 1924 agreement. Tamil Nadu stood at a historical advantage in terms
of irrigation development and Karnataka
claimed its right to accelerate its
exploitation of the waters. Through the
1960s, ’70s and ’80s, series of talks
between the states failed to establish a
solution agreeable to all the parties
involved. Finally, in 1990, the Cauvery
Water Disputes Tribunal was instituted
with the purpose of arriving at a watersharing
formula between the states. The
Tribunal released an interim order in
1991 and eventually, 17 years after its
creation, announced its final verdict in
2007. However, the order is as yet
unimplemented as a Special Leave
Petition on the matter remains pending
in the Supreme Court. |
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Backgrounder)
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| Subjects: |
NIAS Resources > NIAS Backgrounders |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: |
15 Feb 2012 04:44 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 09:57 |
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| DOI: |
978-81-87663-94-2 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/298 |
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