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Almatti height can be raised

NEW DELHI, APRIL 25. The Supreme Court today allowed Karnataka to raise the height of controversial Almatti dam from 509 metres to 519.6 meters but held that Andhra Pradesh could use surplus water till a new tribunal decides the share of riparian states afresh.

A five-judge Constitution bench upheld the 1973 award of the Krishna River Water Disputes Tribunal deciding the share of the three States - Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh- on the basis of the 2,060 tmc feet dependable flow in the river.

- PTI

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