Kaveri River water dispute

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The sharing of waters of the Kaveri river has been the source of conflict between the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The 802 km (498 mi)–long Kaveri river originates at Talakaveri in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, and flows for about 320 km (200 mi) before entering Tamil Nadu. It flows further eastward in Tamil Nadu for 416 km (258 mi) before flowing into the Bay of Bengal near Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu. The basin area consists of 44,000 km2 in Tamil Nadu and 32,000 km2 in Karnataka. The conflict stems from the agreements made in 1892 and 1924 between the Kingdom of Mysore and the Madras Presidency during the British Raj. After the Indian Independence in 1947, the states were re-organised, with the erstwhile Madras Presidency being split between various states, majorly Tamil Nadu and Andhra, and parts of the Kaveri basin became part of Kerala and Puducherry. After the expiry of the 1924 agreement in 1974, Karnataka demanded its due share of water from the river stating that the...

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