Mettur Dam - Water Dispute

Water Dispute

The Mettur Dam has received attention of the public during the recent past because of the Cauvery water dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Consequent to building dams, including the Kabini Dam, across the Kaveri River in Karnataka, the Mettur Dam does not receive much water during lean seasons. Thus, the Dam nearly goes dry during certain parts of the year, when water is most needed by the farmers and general public of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. This has created serious dispute and tension between the neighbouring States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Governments of the respective states, the Supreme Court and the Cauvery Tribunal have so far not been successful in solving the dispute. Meanwhile, Kaveri Water Tribunal has been constituted to solve the problem and the tribunal has passed it verdict of 419 tmc to Tamil Nadu, 270 tmc to Karnataka, 50 tmc to Kerala and 7 tmc to Pondicherry, which has been held highly unsatisfactory by the state of Karnataka and has challenged the verdict in the supreme court. The matter is sub judice. A final verdict is awaited. This dam was built in line with KRS Dam which was designed by Sir M Vishveswariah in 1911 and completed in 1917 near Mysore.

  • Mettur Dam View from Base
  • Mettur Dam - Overflow Bridge
  • Specification board of Mettur dam
  • Sluices channels for water draining by the side of the Mettur dan(Low level & High level sluices)

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