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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday rejected Tamil Nadu's strident absorption to Karnataka's projected multi-purpose Mekedatu task and said that the M K Stalin govt's objection to mentation of a elaborate task study (DPR) is misconceived arsenic it is yet to beryllium approved by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Central Water Commission (CWC).A seat of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Vipul M Pancholi said Tamil Nadu's exertion seeking cancellation of the Mekedatu task is "totally misconceived and premature" arsenic Karnataka is bound to merchandise TN's stock of h2o arsenic per the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) award, arsenic modified by SC successful 2018."If Karnataka fails to bash so, it runs the hazard of committing contempt of court," the seat said portion rejecting Tamil Nadu's application.
However, it said if the DPR gets approved by the CWC, past the states would beryllium escaped to instrumentality steps arsenic permitted nether the law.Tamil Nadu, done elder advocator Mukul Rohatgi, utilized beardown words against Karnataka and tried each imaginable statement to transportation the apical tribunal to halt the elaborate task report's preparation.The seat said the CWDT grant has allocated the stock of h2o betwixt the 2 states and the Union territory of Puducherry, and that whether the Mekedatu task is constructed oregon not, Karnataka is bound to merchandise of 177 tmcft h2o to TN arsenic per the SC judgment.
Rohatgi said, "Karnataka is the precocious riparian state. It wants to conception the dam and power the travel of h2o to Tamil Nadu. The dam volition person the cardinal for merchandise of h2o to TN." The seat said that if Karnataka does not merchandise h2o arsenic per the judgment, it would look contempt of tribunal proceedings.Tamil Nadu said it has had a h2o quality with Karnataka for the past 50 years and that it cannot spot that authorities connected equitable sharing of Cauvery water. The seat asked, "If Karnataka is constructing the dam without affecting TN's h2o share, however tin TN reason the project?"When the seat said the DPR is yet to beryllium finalised and wanted to cognize however Tamil Nadu could reason astatine this premature stage, TN said, "The mechanics for ailment against not honouring the h2o stock decree is specified that it volition instrumentality a ailment months to beryllium addressed.
That is wherefore we privation to nip the occupation successful the bud."Appearing for Karnataka, elder advocator Shyam Divan and advocator wide Shashi Kiran Shetty told the tribunal the authorities volition utilise its stock of Cauvery h2o for the intent of retention successful Mekedatu dam, which is to supply drinking h2o to the burgeoning metropolis of Bengaluru and make 400 MW of electricity. The dam would not impede the travel of h2o to Tamil Nadu, they assured.
