TNPSC Thervupettagam

Cauvery Management Authority

June 6 , 2018 2238 days 836 0
  • The Centre has constituted a Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) to address the dispute over sharing of river water among Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and, Puducherry.
  • The Ministry of Water Resources has framed a scheme constituting the CMA and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee to give effect to the decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as modified by the Supreme Court order.
  • The authority would comprise a chairman, eight members besides a secretary.
  • Out of eight members, two each will be full-time and part-time members, while the rest four would be part-time members from states.
  • The authority at the beginning of the water year (June 1 each year) would determine the total residual storage in the specified reservoirs

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