Cauvery: Don’t put politics in command

The Supreme Court homed in on the nub of a long story when it pulled up the Union government for abdicating its responsibility to abide by an earlier order to notify the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The government was clearly guilty of delaying the notification, even after the parties informed the court last month that they had no objection to the gazetting of the award. Twenty-three years after the Tribunal was formed and six years to the day since it delivered its verdict, what stands out is the lack of political will and resolve on the part of the Centre.

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