Target IAS

The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) Prescriptions on resolving Cauvery Water Dispute:-

• The CWDT had prescribed the setting up of a Cauvery Management Board(CMB) and
• The Cauvery Water RegulationCommittee (CWRC)  to monitor the implementation of its order.
• The CMB ought to be headed by a Chief Engineer with at least 20 years of experience. 
•  The CMB would monitor the storage position in the Cauvery basin and the trend of rainfall, to assess the likely inflows for distribution among the States. 
• The CWRC will ensure the Tribunal’s order is carried out.
• The CMB envisaged three full­time members including a chairman.
  It was also to consist of six part­time members, four of whom will be from the riparian States of Karnataka,Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Puducherry