The State has approached the
Supreme Court once again on the Cauvery issue, this time seeking damages from
Karnataka to the tune of about Rs. 2,480 crore for not following orders of the
Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Besides, the State wanted the court to
pass an order, directing Karnataka to release 53.18 thousand million cubic feet
(tmc ft), a shortfall that occurred during 2012-2013 as computed on a pro-rata
formula.
Of the amount claimed by
Tamil Nadu, Rs. 1,045.7 crore was on account of loss of production of food
grains (paddy), biomass and electricity, the remaining Rs. 1,433.91 crore was
due to the cultivation of paddy, sugarcane and semi-dry crops by Karnataka in
areas that were in excess of the neighbouring State’s entitlement, as per the
interim order. The authorities here are expecting that the matter would be
taken up after summer vacation of the court. The State had arrived at the
quantum of shortfall, as assessed by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee.
The panel had concluded that
there was a shortfall of 39.7 per cent in total inflows received by four major
reservoirs of Karnataka during June-December 2012 compared to the long term
average. By that yardstick, Tamil Nadu should have realised 116.7 tmc ft in the
corresponding period whereas it got 63.56 tmc ft.
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