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6360 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4204 ] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , OCTOBER 6, 2023/ ASVINA 14, 1945
CG-DL-E-06102023-249217
MINISTRY OF JAL SHAK TI
(Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th October, 2023
S.O. 4375 (E).—Whereas, the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (hereafter in this notification referred to as
the said Tribunal) was constituted on the 2nd April, 2004 vide notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile
Ministry of Water Resources, number S.O. 451(E), dated the 2nd April, 2004, under section 4 of the Inter -State River
Water Disputes Act, 1956 (33 of 1956) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), for the adjudication
of the water disputes regar ding Inter -State river Krishna and river valley thereof;
And, whereas, the said Tribunal submitted its report and decision under sub -section (2) of section 5 of the
said Act on 30th December, 2010;
And, whereas, the Central Government and the Party States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra
referred their respective references to the said Tribunal under sub -section (3) of section 5 of the said Act on 29th
March, 2011;
And, whereas, the said Tribunal was required to forward to the Central Government a further report under
sub-section (3) of section 5 of the said Act on or before one year from 29th March, 2011;
And, whereas, on the request of the said Tribunal, the period of submission of further report under sub -
section (3) of section 5 of the said Act was extended from time to time vide notifications number S.O 653(E), dated
the 29th March, 2012, S.O. 2339 (E), dated the 28th September, 2012, S.O. 916 (E), dated the 2nd April, 2013,
S.O. 2939 (E), dated the 27th September, 2013, S.O. 3515(E), dated the 27th November, 2013 up to the 31st January,
2014, which was further extended up to 31st July, 2014, vide Ministry of Water Resources order dated 5th February,
2014, S.O.12 90 (E), dated the 15th May, 2014, S.O. 2462 (E), dated the 18th July, 2016, S.O. 2459 (E), dated the
31st July, 2017, S.O. 3950 (E), dated the 9th August, 2018, S.O. 3146 (E), dated the 29th August, 2019, S.O. 2412 (E),
dated the 23rd July, 2020, S.O. 28 90 (E), dated the 20th July, 2021, and S.O 2916 (E), dated the 27th June, 2022;
And, whereas, the said Tribunal forwarded to the Central Government its further report under sub -section (3)
of section 5 of the said Act on the 29th November, 2013;
And, whe reas, under section 12 of the said Act, the Central Government shall dissolve the Tribunal after it
has forwarded its report and as soon as the Central Government is satisfied that no further reference to the Tribunal in
the matter would be necessary;
And, whereas, section 89 of the Andhra Pradesh Re -organisation Act, 2014 (6 of 2014) provides that the term
of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal shall be extended with the terms of reference specified in clauses (a) and (b)
of the said section;
And, whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred under sub -section (3) of section 5 of the Inter -State River
Water Disputes Act, 1956, the Central Government extended the period of submission of further report by the said
Tribunal up to 31st March, 2024 so as to addre ss the terms of reference specified in clauses (a) and (b) of section 89 of
the Andhra Pradesh Re -organisation Act, 2014 vide notification of the Government of India, Department of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, number S.O. 2994 (E), dated
the 6th July, 2023;
And whereas, a request has been received from the Government of Telangana under section 3 of the said Act,
to refer the water disputes regarding the Inter -State river Krishna, and the river va lley thereof, by confining the scope
of reference between the jurisdictional limits of States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana only, to the said Tribunal for
adjudication;
And, whereas, the Central Government is satisfied that further reference to the Tribu nal in the matter is
necessary under section 12;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the provisions contained in section 3, sub -section (1) of section 5 and section
12 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby refers the following further terms of referen ce to the said Tribunal
for adjudication:
(1) for the purposes of clauses (a) and (b) in the existing terms of reference, “ project -wise” means existing,
on-going and contemplated projects of both the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh; and
(2) shall distribute/allocate the Krishna River waters between the States of Telangana and the present State of
Andhra Pradesh from the undivided share of erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh and the total undivided
share of the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh that m ay be considered for the purpose of this
distribution/allocation is as below:
(i) 811 Thousand Million Cubic Feet (TMC) of overall allocation ( en bloc ) made by the Krishna
Water Disputes Tribunal -I to the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh and any additional
allocation over and above it made by the said Tribunal to the erstwhile State of Andhra
Pradesh; and
(ii) share of water allocated to the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh by the Godavari Water
Disputes Tribunal, which is made available by transfer of water from Godavari to Krishna
through Polavaram Project and any further transfer from Godavari to Krishna from Polavaram
project, if proposed.
[F.No. N-57021/2/2021 -BM Section -MOWR -Part(2) ]
ANAND MOHAN , Jt. Secy .
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