Distress-sharing formula is the only permanent solution to Cauvery dispute: KRRS

KRRS leader Badagalapura Nagendra addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Tuesday (August 4). | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Pointing out that a distress-sharing formula is the only lasting solution to the decades-old Cauvery water dispute, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has called for immediate steps to evolve a mechanism for laying down a clear framework for sharing of water between the riparian States during periods of scarcity.Addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Tuesday (August 4), KRRS leader Badagalapura Nagendra attributed the recurring conflict between the Cauvery basin States to the absence of such a formula in both the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award and the subsequent verdict by the Supreme Court.“This gap has repeatedly triggered friction among the riparian S