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Inter-State Neyyar Water Dispute
July 31 , 2026
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- The Neyyar water-sharing issue is in focus as the long-pending legal dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over Neyyar River water continues before the Supreme Court.
- The Neyyar Irrigation Project began in 1951, and Tamil Nadu started receiving irrigation water through the Neyyar Left Bank Canal from 1958 without a formal written agreement.
- The project was designed to irrigate 36,000 acres, including about 9,000 acres in Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.
- Kerala supplied around 150 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for nearly 40 years, based on mutual understanding.
- In 2004, Kerala stopped releasing Neyyar water, leading to a dispute over water sharing and whether the Neyyar is an inter-State River.
- Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court in 2012, and the case is pending, with arguments yet to begin.
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