New Delhi: Ravi and Bees Waters Tribunal, India’s oldest water dispute tribunal which was formed to postpone the water-sharing issue between Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, has been expanded with another year with impact since August 5, failing to resolve the matter over 39 years.Ravi and Beas Tribunal, established in April 1986, are one of the five active tribunals of the country, who continue to receive year -to -store extensions.The official notification for this purpose was made public on Friday, said that the union government considered it necessary to provide a one -year expansion to the tribunal, in which in view of the unity of the work involved, as stated by the Tribunal.Although the Tribunal pushed forward its report in 1987, the concerned states demanded clarification at some points under the provisions of the Inter-State River Water Disputes (ISRWD) Act, 1956. Since then, the case has been the sub -judge before the tribunal.The final report of the tribunal will be important for a cordial resolution of the Sutlage-Yamuna Link (SEL) canal issue between Punjab and Haryana, as the canal dispute is related to sharing the water of Ravi and Beas river between the two states.In addition to Ravi and Beas Tribunal, four other tribunals have worked under the extended timeline: Mahadai Water Disputes Tribunal was formed in November 2010 to postpone the dispute over river water sharing between Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka; The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal, the second oldest in India, was formed in April 2004 to postpone the water-sharing disputes between Maharashtra, Karnataka and East Andhra Pradesh; Vanasadhara Water Disputes Tribunal for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh formed in February 2010; And the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal, established in March 2018, to postpone water-sharing disputes between Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
