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<span lang="kn" dir="ltr">The</span> ''' Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT)''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wrmin.nic.in/forms/list.aspx?lid=370 |title=Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India |access-date=2017-05-23 |archive-date=2017-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511053310/http://wrmin.nic.in/forms/list.aspx?lid=370 |url-status=dead }}</ref> also referred to as the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/mhadei-water-dispute-tribunal-halts-maharashtra-works-on-virdi-dam/|title = Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal halts Maharashtra works on Virdi dam|date = 11 February 2015}}</ref><ref>[https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Goa/Mhadei-Water-Dispute-topmost-priority-Parrikar/112765.html Mhadei Water Dispute top most priority]heraldgoa.in {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221133503/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Goa/Mhadei-Water-Dispute-topmost-priority-Parrikar/112765.html |date=2020-02-21 }}</ref> is a tribunal that adjudicates the dispute over [[Mandovi River|River Mhadei]] water allocation.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/karnataka-bullying-over-mhadei-river-diversion-alleges-goa-government-578186 Karnataka Bullying over Mhadei River Diversion, Alleges Goa Government]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-opposes-Virdi-dam-before-Mhadei-Water-Dispute-Tribunal/articleshow/36165684.cms Goa opposes Virdi dam before Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal]</ref><ref>[http://www.thegoan.net/story.php?id=1073 Mhadei Water Tribunal gets into action]</ref>

The sharing of the waters of this river is a cause of dispute between the governments of [[Karnataka]] and [[Goa]]. The Karnataka government proposes to divert some water from the Mahadayi river to the [[Malaprabha River]] basin as part of [[the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project]], as approximately 188 [[tmcft]] of water at 75% dependability is available in the river. Mahadayi Water Tribunal under [[Interstate River Water Disputes Act]] has been constituted to decide the sharing of the river waters by the riparian states. In August 2018, Mahadayi Water Tribunal verdict permitted Goa to use 24 tmcft (excluding the 9.395 tmcft prevailing uses), Karnataka to use 5.4 tmcft (including 3.9 tmcft for export outside the basin) and Maharashtra to use 1.33 tmcft for consumptive purposes.<ref name=mah>{{cite web|url=http://mowr.gov.in/acts-tribunals/current-inter-state-river-water-disputes-tribunals/mahadayimandovi-river|title=Mahadayi water dispute tribunal report (pages 2693 to 2706, Volume XII)|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref> The tribunal assessed the water generated in the river catchment area of Karnataka and Maharashtra as 32.11 tmcft and 7.21 tmcft respectively at 75% dependability. The tribunal has apportioned only 40.125 tmcft of Mandovi river water for consumptive uses among the three riparian states.<ref name=mah/> Karnataka approached the Supreme Court alleging injustice is done in allocation of water to the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mahadayi-row-karnataka-petitions-sc-challenging-tribunal-decision-water-allocation-91461|title=Mahadayi row: Karnataka petitions SC challenging tribunal decision on water allocation |date=13 November 2018 |accessdate=14 November 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/supreme-court-lets-karnataka-implement-mahadayi-order-11582266326999.html|title=Supreme Court lets Karnataka implement Mahadayi order |date=21 February 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2020}}</ref>

Central government issued a gazette notification on 27 February 2020 permitting the Karnataka state to draw 13.42 tmcft of water from the Mahadayi river out of which 8 tmcft is for power generation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cwc.gov.in/sites/default/files/16gazette-notification-dated-27.02.2020award-and-final-decision-mahadayi-water-dispute-tribunal.pdf|title=Gazette notification of "Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal" |accessdate=28 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ktaka-cm-hails-centre-for-notification-on-river-water-share/1747292|title=Karnataka CM hails Centre for notification on river water |accessdate=28 February 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal]]

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Ghaiinfra at 01:36, 31 July 2025