# Cauvery panel chief urges river board for entire basin 2026-08-13T11:22:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Cauvery Water Management Authority chairperson Saumitra Kumar Haldar has called for a river board to own, operate, manage and regulate reservoirs across the entire Cauvery basin. He argues the river should be treated as a single hydrological unit, not divided by state boundaries, to resolve the long-running dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The River Boards Act of 1956 empowers the Union government to set up such bodies for inter-state rivers. Yet no board has ever been constituted under this law. Instead, river management organisations like the Damodar Valley Corporation, Tungabhadra Board and Narmada Control Authority were created through executive orders, interstate agreements or tribunal awards. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Cauvery basin, Cauvery water dispute, CWMA, inter-state water disputes, River Boards Act, water management Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/cauvery-panel-chief-urges-river-board-for-entire-basin/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/cauvery-panel-chief-urges-river-board-for-entire-basin/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.