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