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Karnataka to move SC on Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery scheme  

19th March, 2021 Polity

Context: Karnataka will soon approach the Supreme Court with an original suit against Tamil Nadu’s decision to unilaterally go ahead with the Cauvery-Vellaru-Vaigai-Gundar link project to utilise excess water in the Cauvery basin and transfer it to its southern districts.

 

Details:

  • The utilisation of surplus water requires permission of all the basin States and that Karnataka has submitted its opposition to the Centre, and the Central Water Commission.
  • The link scheme to which Tamil Nadu laid the foundation last month did not have the approval of the State.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/well-move-sc-on-tns-cauvery-scheme-bommai/article34104281.ece