The Cauvery dispute has flared up again, the first time after 2018 when the Supreme Court (SC) re-adjudicated the dispute after a tribunal gave its award. The Court also directed the creation of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to implement the decision. Has it helped? If it has, how? If not, what are the policymaking lessons?
The current round of contestation began when Tamil Nadu approached the apex court in August, seeking directions to Karnataka to release Cauvery waters at the rate of 24,000 cusecs towards its due share. Karnataka contested it stating unfavourable rainfall. Eventually, the directions to Karnataka last week, asking it to begin release at the rate of 3,000 cusecs, led to widespread protests in the state. The Bengaluru Bandh on September 26, and the statewide bandh on September 29 led to the arrest of hundreds of persons, several cancelled flights and a halted economy.
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