In the wake of the Cauvery water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Hyderabad Karnataka Janapara Horata Samiti has demanded a permanent water disputes tribunal at the Centre to resolve inter-State water disputes expeditiously in an equitable manner.
Laxman Dasti, president of the samiti, addressing presspersons here on Monday, urged the Union government to scrap the inter-State water disputes resolution tribunals and replace them with a permanent water tribunal on the lines of the National Green Tribunal.
Though National Water Policy was revised twice in 2002 and 2012, it was not being effectively implemented, Mr. Dasti added.
Mr. Dasti, who welcomed the Union government’s proposal to revise the National Water Policy, said that the status of groundwater level, water bodies, total area covered by rivers and water storage capacity, rainfall pattern and irrigation projects in each State should be taken into account before drafting the National Water Policy.
It should on the lines of the National Green Tribunal: Hyderabad Karnataka Janapara Horata Samiti
