CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa Monday demanded that the Centre immediately
notify the 2007 final verdict of the Cauvery Water Disputes
Tribunal to make it effective and binding on states concerned.In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said
that Karnataka, the upper riparian state, had been holding
that the final order dated February 5, 2007 (which has not
been notified), should be considered as "protem", governing
regime on all matters including distress sharing and irrigated
areas in Karnataka.She said Karnataka had also stated that this suggestion
should not be understood as its acceptance of the correctness
of the final order of the Tribunal."In these circumstances, it is incumbent on the
government of India to notify the final order of the Tribunal
in the Gazette of India for it to become effective and binding
on the parties to the dispute and a mechanism for the
implementation of the final order to be established," she said
recalling a memorandum presented to the prime minister during
their meeting in Delhi after she took over as chief minister.The final order of the Tribunal should be published under
section 6(1) of the Inter State River Water Disputes Act,
1961 and without prejudice to the outcome of civil appeals
and reference petitions moved by Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
Nadu, she said."May I therefore request you to kindly issue instructions to the Ministry of Water Resources to publish the final order
of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the Gazette of India
and place the Cauvery Management Board in position
immediately," she requested the prime minister, urging "early
action".In its final verdict, the tribunal had allocated 419 tmc
ft of water to Tamil Nadu, 270 tmc ft to Karnataka, 30 tmc ft
to Kerala and 7 tmc ft to Puducherry - out of the 740 tmc ft
of usable water available in a normal year.Karnataka and Kerala have challenged the final order in
Supreme Court and Tamil Nadu had gone for appeal on certain
aspects, Jayalalithaa noted.
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