Cauvery water received by T.N. in July hits 50-year low
Tamil Nadu has recorded its lowest Cauvery water inflow in 50 years for the month of July. The state received significantly less than the stipulated share mandated by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.
Why it matters
Water scarcity in the Cauvery basin impacts agricultural stability and regional political relations between Indian states.
This year’s July was the worst month for Tamil Nadu in the last 50 years in terms of realisation of the State’s share of the Cauvery water.
For the entire month, the realisation this time did not even cross the one thousand million cubic feet (tmcft)-mark. It was 0.698 tmcft against the stipulated 31.24 tmcft. Biligundulu is the measuring site for the inflow since the enforcement of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal’s final award in 2013, whereas the Mettur dam was the reference point up to 2012.
As far as Bilingundulu is concerned, the previous lowest during July was 2.441 tmcft in 2003. The same month recorded the lowest for Mettur too, when the State got 1.5 tmcft. The other years of very low realisation include 1987 (Biligundulu-3.392 tmcft and Mettur-2.286 tmcft) and 2012 (4.153 tmcft and 1.033 tmcft).
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