The planning, development and management of water resources of Cauvery, Krishna and Godavari basins is done as per the decisions of the respective Tribunals notified in the Official Gazette. The decision of respective Tribunals in the inter-State river water sharing disputes relating to Godavari and Krishna (Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT)-I, 1976) have been published.

Shares of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the concerned river basins are presented in the following table.

*Shares of concerned States in Godavari basin were not specified by the Tribunal. Decision of the Tribunal is based on the Agreements reached between/among party States providing for location/project specific utilisation of water.

The separate shares of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were not decided by the Tribunals. However, the term of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II has been extended for making project-wise specific allocation, if such allocation have not been made by a Tribunal and determine an operational protocol for project-wise release of water in the event of deficit flows in terms of Section 89 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. Further, in accordance with the said Act, the Central Government has constituted the Krishna River Management Board and Godavari River Management Board for the administration, regulation, maintenance and operation of projects on rivers Krishna and Godavari respectively vide Gazette Notification dated 28^th May, 2014.

              This was stated by Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. 

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