New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on December 3 the Tamil Nadu government's plea for setting up of a board to ensure implementation of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award.
A bench headed by Chief Justice, before whom the matter was mentioned by Tamil Nadu counsel, posted the case for hearing on that day.
The state in its application sought court's intervention to set up the Cauvery Management Board as alleging that Karnataka is planing to construct a hydro-power station at Mekedatu and for which three reservoirs were planned across Cauvery river.
It alleged that the proposed reservoir is illegal and would affect the flow of Cauvery river considerably and also irrigation in Tamil Nadu.
The final award of the Cauvery Waters Dispute Tribunal was notified by Centre on February 20 after the Supreme Court rapped the Centre for delaying the decision.
The Tribunal, comprising chairman Justice N P Singh and members N S Rao and Sudhir Narain, in an unanimous award in February, 2007 had determined the total availability of water in the Cauvery basin at 740 thousand million cubic (TMC) feet at the Lower Coleroon Anicut site.
