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Justice Nath’s illness delays Cauvery water hearing to Aug 17
The Supreme Court has postponed the Cauvery water dispute hearing to August 17 because Justice Vikram Nath, the presiding judge, is down with viral fever. Chief Justice Surya Kant announced the delay…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court has postponed the Cauvery water dispute hearing to August 17 because Justice Vikram Nath, the presiding judge, is down with viral fever. Chief Justice Surya Kant announced the delay on August 12 after Tamil Nadu sought an urgent hearing. The state had filed a plea to enforce a July 30 Central Water Management Authority order requiring Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water for 15 days from its reservoirs. Tamil Nadu needs 4.536 TMC of water by August 12 to save the Kuruvai crop in the delta region.
Separately, the DMK has filed an application demanding 7,000 cusecs per day for 15 days, warning that 14.913 lakh acres of farmland and over 14 million farmers and labourers depend on the Mettur reservoir. The party claims Karnataka has not released any water despite binding CWMA directions. The Hindu reports that farmers in districts like Thanjavur and Tiruvarur are already seeing their crops wither.
The Indian Opinion
The endless Cauvery wrangling pits two states against each other, but the real loser is the farmer. Both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu blame the other, ignoring that the core problem is decades of politicised water sharing without a binding long-term plan. The Supreme Court must cut through the noise. The August 17 hearing will test whether the CWMA order can actually be enforced or if this is just another adjournment in a saga that never ends.
Source: thehindu.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
