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Which of the following statements regarding Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal is correct

(i) Mahadayi river passes through Goa, Karnataka, Kerala

(ii) The tribunal’s interim order signals to halt to Karnataka’s Kalasa-Banduri Nala project which is intended to utilize water from Mahadayi river.

(iii) Maximum of the basin lies in Karnataka.

(iv) Cabinet constituted the commission in 2009-10 headed by J M Panchal.

Choose the correct code

(i) and (ii)

(ii) and (iii)

(ii) and (iv)

(i) and (iv)

Explanation:

• The Mahadayi water-sharing dispute has the states of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka vying for water from the Mahadayi river.
• The tribunal, headed by J.N. Panchal, after hearing Karnataka and Goa and gives interim order on 28 July 2016.
•Karnataka has relied on the data from the Central Water Commission that is seriously contested by Goa.
•The tribunal’s interim order signals a halt to Karnataka’s Kalasa-Banduri Nala project which is intended to utilise water from the Mahadayi river for drinking purposes in Hubballi-Dharwad and the districts of Belagavi and Gadag.
•Dispute: Kalasa-Banduri project planned in 1989; Goa raised objection to it.
•Goa filed a complaint seeking setting up of a tribunal in July 2002.
•The Ministry of Water Resources kept the clearance given to Karnataka in abeyance in September 2002.
•Mahadayi (Mandovi) is a water deficit basin and water diversion could impact the environment.