page_title: Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
hierarchical_section_title: Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic downstream view of the Bhima or Ujjani Dam
context_page_description: Government of India constituted a common tribunal on 10 April 1969 to adjudicate the river water utilization disputes among the river basin states of Krishna and Godavari rivers under the provisions of Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956. The common tribunal was headed by Sri RS Bachawat as its chairman with Sri DM Bhandari and Sri DM Sen as its members. Krishna river basin states Maharashtra, Karnataka and old Andhra Pradesh insisted on the quicker verdict as it had become more expedient for the construction of irrigation projects in Krishna basin. So the proceedings of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal were taken up first separately and its final verdict was submitted to GoI on 27 May 1976.
  The Krishna River is the second biggest river in peninsular India. It originates near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and runs for a distance of 303 km in Maharashtra, 480 km through the breadth of North Karnataka and the rest of its 1300 km journey in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh before it empties into the Bay of Bengal.
  The river basin is 257,000 km² and the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributes 68,800 km², 112,600 km² and 75,600 km² respectively.
context_section_description: Government of India constituted a common tribunal on 10 April 1969  to adjudicate the river water utilization disputes among the river basin states of Krishna and Godavari rivers under the provisions of Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956. The common tribunal was headed by Sri RS Bachawat as its chairman with Sri DM Bhandari and Sri DM Sen as its members. Krishna river basin states Maharashtra, Karnataka and old Andhra Pradesh insisted on the quicker verdict as it had become more expedient for the construction of irrigation projects in Krishna basin. So the proceedings of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) were taken up first separately and its final verdict was submitted to GoI on 27 May 1976.
  The Krishna River is the second biggest river in peninsular India.  It originates near Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and runs for a distance of 303 km in Maharashtra, 480 km through the breadth of North Karnataka and the rest of its 1300 km journey in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh before it empties into the Bay of Bengal.
  The river basin is 257,000 km² and the States of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributes 68,800 km² (26.8%), 112,600 km² (43.8%) and 75,600 km² (29.4%) respectively.
caption: Panoramic view of Ujjani or Bhima Dam and the reservoir
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