New Delhi, Apr 10: The Union Government is in the process of working out a scheme for implementation of the Cauvery Waters Dispute Tribunal award on sharing of river waters between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Arjun Ram Meghwal said here on Tuesday.
The lack of a mechanism for implementation of the Cauvery award was one of the issues on which Parliament was stalled during the second part of the Budget session. MPs from Tamil Nadu were in the Well of both the Houses demanding a Cauvery Management Board as per the directions of the apex court.
“I want to tell the people of Tamil Nadu that the Modi government is a responsive government. This matter is being politicised and it must not be. We want a permanent solution to this decades-old problem,’’ he told UNI.
Earlier Water Resources Secretary U P Singh said the Ministry will work out a scheme as per the orders of the Supreme Court before May 3.
“The scheme will be placed before the Union cabinet before it is filed in the Supreme Court, where the matter is being heard,’’ he said.
Mr Meghwal said the Centre is abiding by what the Supreme Court said about forming a Cauvery River Management Board and a scheme under Section 6A of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act.
Centre is working on a Cauvery water sharing scheme: Meghwal
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