This year, Tamil Nadu will witness the centenary celebrations of M. Karunanidhi (1924-2018), one of its tall leaders and a prominent son of the soil from the Cauvery delta region. This year will also mark the centenary of a historical event concerning the river. In the age-old dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the sharing of Cauvery water, the 1924 agreement, signed by the predecessors of the two southern States in February that year, is into the 100th year.
Though the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, of February 2007, has superseded the agreement, one of the key effects of the agreement is the Mettur dam, which is going to be in focus for at least the next six months as it will be opened for irrigation on Monday (June 12).
