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The Hindu: Cauvery water issue: At last, a scheme
Now that the Karnataka election is over, the Centre has finally mustered the courage to submit a draft scheme in the Supreme Court to implement the final decision on apportioning the Cauvery waters among the riparian States. The draft, which gives no name for the authority it proposes to create to monitor implementation of the Cauvery Tribunal’s final award, as modified by the Supreme Court, has been largely drawn from the Tribunal’s directions. It will be a two-tier structure, with an apex body charged with the power to ensure compliance with the final award, and a regulation committee that will monitor the field situation and water flow. The powers and functions of the authority are fairly comprehensive. Its powers would extend to apportionment, regulation and control of Cauvery waters, supervision of operations of reservoirs and regulation of water releases. The draft makes the authority’s decisions final and binding. However, there is an ambiguous clause: if the authority finds that any one of the States is not cooperative, it can seek the Centre’s help, and the Centre’s decision will be final and binding. This can be seen either as an enabling clause to resolve the situation when there is a stand-off, or as one that gives scope to the Centre to intervene on behalf of one State. To allay apprehensions of the Centre acting in a partisan manner, it would be better if it is not given the final say, but mandated to help in the implementation of the Tribunal’s award at all times.
There are a few differences between the Cauvery Management Board envisaged by the Tribunal and the authority proposed in the scheme. The Tribunal favoured the chairperson being an irrigation engineer with not less than 20 years of experience in water resources management, whereas the scheme says the chairperson could be a senior and eminent engineer with wide experience in water resources management or an officer in the rank of Secretary or Additional Secretary to the Union government. Similarly, the representatives from the four States would be administrators rather than engineers as proposed by the Tribunal. It is possible that Karnataka and Tamil Nadu may have differing views on the nature and powers of the authority, as well as its name and composition. But it is vital that all States accept the mechanism, and that the authority itself have adequate autonomy. The Cauvery dispute has dragged on for several decades, and it would be unfortunate if the implementation of a final decision arrived at through rigorous adjudication is not monitored by an independent authority. All States should agree to the broad contours of this scheme and comply with the authority’s decisions. The most welcome feature of such a mechanism is that an issue concerning the livelihood of thousands of farmers will be taken out of the political domain and entrusted to experts.
1. Mustered (verb) : जुटाई
Meaning : assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Synonyms : assemble, bring together, call together, marshal, mobilize, rally, round up, raise, summon, gather, gather together, mass, collect, convene, call up, call to arms, recruit, conscript, draft; formalconvoke; archaiclevy.
Antonyms : division, separation.
Usage : they had mustered 50,000 troops.
2. Riparian (adjective) : नदी तट
Meaning : relating to or situated on the banks of a river.
Usage : all the riparian states must sign an agreement.
3. Compliance (noun) – अनुपालन
Meaning : the action or fact of complying with a wish or command.
Synonyms : acquiescence, amenability, assent, complaisance, concession, concurrence, conformity, consent, deference, docility, obedience, observance, passivity, resignation, submission, submissiveness, tractability, yielding.
Antonyms : defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience, dissension, dissent, fight, nonconformity, refusal, veto.
Usage : the ways in which the state maintains order and compliance.
4. Ambiguous (Noun) : अस्पष्ट
Meaning : not clear or decided.
Synonyms : equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable; Delphic, cryptic, enigmatic, gnomic, paradoxical, misleading; obscure, unclear, vague, abstruse, puzzling.
Antonyms : clear, definite, explicit, lucid.
Usage : the judge agreed that the law was ambiguous.
5. Intervene (verb) : हस्तक्षेप करना
Meaning : take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
Synonyms : intercede, involve oneself, get involved, interpose oneself, insinuate oneself, step in, cut in; mediate, arbitrate, conciliate, negotiate, act as peacemaker, act as an intermediary; interfere, intrude.
Antonyms : ignore, leave alone.
Usage : he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute.
6. Envisaged (verb) : परिकल्पना की गई
Meaning : contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
Synonyms : foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, think likely, envision; intend, propose, mean.
Antonyms : ignore, leave alone.
Usage : it was envisaged that such hospitals would be opened in all the principal towns.
7. Eminent (adjective) : प्रख्यात
Meaning : (of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere.
Synonyms : illustrious, distinguished, renowned, esteemed, pre-eminent, notable, noteworthy, great, prestigious, important, significant, influential, outstanding, noted.
Antonyms : disrespected,inferior, undistinguished,unimportant, unnotable.
Usage : one of the world’s most eminent statisticians.
8. Differing (noun) : भिन्न
Meaning : be unlike or dissimilar.
Synonyms : vary, be different, be unlike, be dissimilar, be distinguishable, diverge.
Antonyms : agreeing, concurring, consistent, harmonious.
Usage : child-rearing patterns differ across cultural groups.
9. Contours (noun) : समोच्च
Meaning : an outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
Synonyms : outline, shape, form; lines, curves, figure; silhouette, profile; rarelineation.
Antonyms : be inside, center.
Usage : she traced the contours of his face with her finger.
10. Comply (Noun) : पालन करना
Meaning : act in accordance with a wish or command.
Synonyms : abide by, act in accordance with, observe, obey, adhere to, conform to, follow, respect; agree to, assent to, consent to, concur with/in, fall in with, acquiesce in, go along with, yield to, submit to, bow to, defer to; satisfy, meet, fulfil, measure up to.
Antonyms : block, delay, disturb, encumber, handicap, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, stop.
Usage : we are unable to comply with your request.
