Goa asks inter-state river water disputes tribunal, to find a solution for the Mhadei issue. The states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa are in a dispute over the Mhadei water sharing.
Govt wants water tribunal to decide Mhadei issue, Navhind Times, March 8, 2007.
The increased water requirement for sustaining irrigated agriculture in the river basins has made water sharing a politically sensitive issue.
Water remedies, Business Standard, March 09, 2007.
Meanwhile Karnataka has decided to move the Supreme Court to challenge the Cauvery award as being unfair to its interests.
Karnataka to move SC on Cauvery, The Statesman, March 8, 2007.
The projected requirements of Cauvery water by the four riparian states add up to much more than the availability of flows in the river.
Ramaswamy R. Iyer, A dispute runs through it, Indian Express, March 10, 2007.
PM has called upon all political parties to treat water as a national resource and not an issue of dispute.
Water sharing problems should not divide people: Manmohan, Financial Express, March 8, 2007.
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