Supreme Court reserves judgment in Krishna water dispute case

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh had filed the suits airing their grievances over the manner of implementation of sharing of the river water allotted by Bachawat Tribunal nearly 25 years ago. The Tribunal had taken into account a minimum flow of 2060 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water in Krishna river and allotted 560 TMC to Maharashtra, 700 to Karnataka and 800 to Andhra Pradesh.

However, there was dispute over the sharing of excess water and also the Almatti dam, height of which Karnataka wanted to raise from the present 509 metres to 524 metres.