Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal

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The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), [1] also referred to as the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal, [2] [3] is a tribunal that adjudicates the dispute over River Mhadei water allocation. [4] [5] [6]

The sharing of the waters of this river is a cause of dispute between the governments of Karnataka and Goa. The Karnataka government proposes to divert some water from the Mahadayi river to the Malaprabha River basin as part of the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project, as approximately 188 tmcft of water at 75% dependability is available in the river. Mahadayi Water Tribunal under Interstate River Water Disputes Act has been constituted to decide the sharing of the river waters by the riparian states. In August 2018, Mahadayi Water Tribunal verdict permitted Goa to use 24 tmcft (excluding the 9.395 tmcft prevailing uses), Karnataka to use 5.4 tmcft (including 3.9 tmcft for export outside the basin) and Maharashtra to use 1.33 tmcft for consumptive purposes. [7] The tribunal assessed the water generated in the river catchment area of Karnataka and Maharashtra as 32.11 tmcft and 7.21 tmcft respectively at 75% dependability. The tribunal has apportioned only 40.125 tmcft of Mandovi river water for consumptive uses among the three riparian states. [7] Karnataka approached the Supreme Court alleging injustice is done in allocation of water to the state. [8] [9]

Central government issued a gazette notification on 27 February 2020 permitting the Karnataka state to draw 13.42 tmcft of water from the Mahadayi river out of which 8 tmcft is for power generation. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal halts Maharashtra works on Virdi dam". 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Mhadei Water Dispute top most priority heraldgoa.in [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ Karnataka Bullying over Mhadei River Diversion, Alleges Goa Government
  5. ↑ Goa opposes Virdi dam before Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal
  6. ↑ Mhadei Water Tribunal gets into action
  7. 1 2 "Mahadayi water dispute tribunal report (pages 2693 to 2706, Volume XII)" . Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Mahadayi row: Karnataka petitions SC challenging tribunal decision on water allocation". 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Supreme Court lets Karnataka implement Mahadayi order". 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Gazette notification of "Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal"" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Karnataka CM hails Centre for notification on river water" . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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