Cauvery Panel

The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) is all set to meet in Puducherry after four years.

About the Panel

The distribution of Cauvery water has been a long-standing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It dates back to two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile Madras Presidency and the Princely State of Mysore.
The Union government set up the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in 1990, which delivered its verdict in 2007.
However, the verdict did not settle the dispute as both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka filed petitions to review the decision.

The Cauvery delta

The Cauvery river basin is one of the largest river basins in South India and covers an area of 81,155 km2.
The basin is shared by the states of Karnataka (42.23 percent), Kerala (3.53 percent), Puducherry (0.2 percent), and Tamil Nadu (54.04 percent) with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu sharing the largest sections of the basin.
The Cauvery river drains into the Bay of Bengal after traveling around 800 kmts.