Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Government of India (GoI) constituted on 10 April 1969 Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) and Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal separately to adjudicate the river water utilization disputes among the river basin states of interstate rivers Godavari and Krishna under the provisions of Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956. Incidentally, both the tribunals were headed by Sri RS Bachawat as its chairman with Sri DM Bhandari and Sri DM Sen as its members. Godavari river basin is spread in the states of Maharashtra (MR), Orissa, old Madhya Pradesh {later bifurcated into present Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh}, Karnataka (K) and Andhra Pradesh (AP). Krishna river basin states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh insisted on the quicker verdict of the KWDT as it had become more expedient for the construction of irrigation projects in Krishna river basin. So the proceedings of GWDT could not start till the KWDT final verdict was submitted to GoI on 27 May 1976.Before the states reorganization in the year 1956, planning commission on 27 July 1951 conducted a meeting of the then Godavari river basin states Bombay state, Hyderabad state, Madras state and Madhya Pradesh state excluding Orissa state to discuss and finalize the Godavari river water utilization among the riparian states. The memorandum of agreement (page 105 of draft GWDT report) was prepared and later ratified by the participant states. This agreement says that the water allocations shall be reviewed after 25 years (i.e. 27 July 1976). Since the old agreement is about to lapse shortly, all five states of Godavari river basin (including Orissa) signed a new agreement on 19 December 1975 relating to the sanction and clearance of the projects in accordance with certain bilateral agreements entered between them after the GWDT formation.This agreement together with its annexures was filed before the GWDT on 12 July 1976. This good gesture expressing voluntary cooperation on the part of the disputing states made further job of GWDT less difficult. The states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh could not achieve concurrence with Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram dam FRL/ MWL, spill way design capacity and flood gates operation schedule during flood season. GWDT has adjudicated this issue and its decision is given in clause-VI of its final order (page 25 of final GWDT report). The rest of the final order deals with definition of ‘water uses’ (clauses –I & II), ‘water use measurement’ (clause –III A & B), ‘water use and losses accounting in a water year from the storage in a reservoir’ (clause –III C), ‘export of Godavari waters to other river basins’ (clause -IV), ‘agreements related to the Godavari river’ (clause -V), ‘Godavari waters’ (clause –VIII b) etc. to interpret and implement the various agreements between the states.The final report of the GWDT was furnished to GoI on 7 July 1980 for Government approval and notification. GoI accepted the GWDT verdict and made it binding on the river basin states in the year 1980."@en }
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- Godavari_Water_Disputes_Tribunal abstract "Government of India (GoI) constituted on 10 April 1969 Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) and Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal separately to adjudicate the river water utilization disputes among the river basin states of interstate rivers Godavari and Krishna under the provisions of Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956. Incidentally, both the tribunals were headed by Sri RS Bachawat as its chairman with Sri DM Bhandari and Sri DM Sen as its members. Godavari river basin is spread in the states of Maharashtra (MR), Orissa, old Madhya Pradesh {later bifurcated into present Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh}, Karnataka (K) and Andhra Pradesh (AP). Krishna river basin states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh insisted on the quicker verdict of the KWDT as it had become more expedient for the construction of irrigation projects in Krishna river basin. So the proceedings of GWDT could not start till the KWDT final verdict was submitted to GoI on 27 May 1976.Before the states reorganization in the year 1956, planning commission on 27 July 1951 conducted a meeting of the then Godavari river basin states Bombay state, Hyderabad state, Madras state and Madhya Pradesh state excluding Orissa state to discuss and finalize the Godavari river water utilization among the riparian states. The memorandum of agreement (page 105 of draft GWDT report) was prepared and later ratified by the participant states. This agreement says that the water allocations shall be reviewed after 25 years (i.e. 27 July 1976). Since the old agreement is about to lapse shortly, all five states of Godavari river basin (including Orissa) signed a new agreement on 19 December 1975 relating to the sanction and clearance of the projects in accordance with certain bilateral agreements entered between them after the GWDT formation.This agreement together with its annexures was filed before the GWDT on 12 July 1976. This good gesture expressing voluntary cooperation on the part of the disputing states made further job of GWDT less difficult. The states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh could not achieve concurrence with Andhra Pradesh on Polavaram dam FRL/ MWL, spill way design capacity and flood gates operation schedule during flood season. GWDT has adjudicated this issue and its decision is given in clause-VI of its final order (page 25 of final GWDT report). The rest of the final order deals with definition of ‘water uses’ (clauses –I & II), ‘water use measurement’ (clause –III A & B), ‘water use and losses accounting in a water year from the storage in a reservoir’ (clause –III C), ‘export of Godavari waters to other river basins’ (clause -IV), ‘agreements related to the Godavari river’ (clause -V), ‘Godavari waters’ (clause –VIII b) etc. to interpret and implement the various agreements between the states.The final report of the GWDT was furnished to GoI on 7 July 1980 for Government approval and notification. GoI accepted the GWDT verdict and made it binding on the river basin states in the year 1980.".