Cauvery Authority Urges a New River Board for Reservoirs
The chairperson of the Cauvery Water Management Authority has called for a river board to own, operate, manage and regulate all reservoirs across the Cauvery basin. An explainer notes that river boards within single states have not worked well so far. Water sharing across the basin is a long-running concern for the states it flows through.
Context
Context: The Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has run for decades, and the Cauvery Water Management Authority was set up to oversee how the water is shared. A river board would give one body direct control over the basin's dams.
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