Cauvery Water Management Authority.

TNPSC Current Affairs - June 2018 by TNPSC Guru 

• Central Government has constituted Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to address the dispute in sharing Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.
• The authority which comprises of chairman and eight members.
• The Chairman should be either senior and eminent engineer with experience of water resource mangament or IAS officer with experience in water resource management.
• The Authority will work and share the 404.25 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and 284.75 tmc ft to Karnataka , 30 tmc ft to  Kerala and 7 tmc ft to Puduchery ordered by Supreme court. 

About River Cauvery. 

• River Cauvery originated in Kudagu district of Karnataka in Brahmagiri Hills at Talakaveri.
• River Cauvery forms 3 islands, 2 in Karnataka called Sivasamudram and Srirangapatnam and Srirangam in Tamil Nadu.
• The main Tributaries are Kabini, Bhavani, Arkavathy, Lakshmana Tirtha, Noyyal, Shimsa, lokapavani, Harangi, Hemavati and Arkavati.
• It is the third largest river in south India after Godavari and Krishna.
• The total length of river is 765 KM.

Note:

Article 262 -  deals with Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter State rivers or river valleys