Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday demanded that the Centre immediately notify the 2007 final verdict of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to make it effective and binding on states concerned.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said that Karnataka, the upper riparian state, had been holding that the final order dated February 5, 2007 (which has not been notified), should be considered as "protem", governing regime on all matters including distress sharing and irrigated areas in Karnataka.
She said Karnataka had also stated that this suggestion should not be understood as its acceptance of the correctness of the final order of the Tribunal.
"In these circumstances, it is incumbent on the government of India to notify the final order of the Tribunal in the Gazette of India for it to become effective and binding on the parties to the dispute and a mechanism for the implementation of the final order to be established," she said recalling a memorandum presented to the prime minister during their meeting in Delhi after she took over as chief minister.
The final order of the Tribunal should be published under section 6(1) of the Inter State River Water Disputes Act, 1961 and without prejudice to the outcome of civil appeals and reference petitions moved by Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, she said.
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