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SC reserves order on finalisation of Cauvery management scheme

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the finalisation of the Cauvery management scheme which will deal with the smooth distribution of water among four southern riparian states. The top court had on Wednesday asked the Centre to “rectify” and “modify” certain provision of the draft scheme that authorises the Centre to issue directions “from time to time” on Cauvery water distribution among the four riparian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. The apex court, in its verdict delivered on 16 February, had asked the Centre to frame the Cauvery management scheme, which also included creating the Cauvery Managament Board, within six weeks for release of water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. The scheme, once finalised, would deal with the issue of water share of the four states in different circumstances like normal and deficient water years in the Cauvery river basin.

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