Cauvery water dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decade...........

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Cauvery water dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for decades now. Consider the below statements in regard to inter- state water disputes and select the incorrect statement(s):

Constitution of India for the adjudication of inter-state water disputes.

Inter-State Water Disputes Act (1956) empowers the central government to establish a river board on the request of the state governments concerned to advise them.

Inter-state Water Disputes Act also empowers the central government to set up an ad hoc tribunal for the adjudication of a dispute between two or more states in relation to the waters of an inter-state river or river valley.q

Both (b) and (c)

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Explanation:

2nd statement is incorrect.

The Central Government may, on a request received in this behalf from a State Government or otherwise, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a River Board for advising the Governments interested in relation to such matters concerning the regulation or development of an inter- State river or river valley or any specified part thereof and for performing such other functions as may be specified in the notification, and different Boards may be established for different inter- State rivers or river valleys.