 bill no  xxxiii of  2004 the  constitution  (amendment)  bill,  2004 a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2004(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectshort title, and commencement2  after article 262 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article262a equal distribution of inter-state river water amongst the riparian states"262a nothing in article 262 shall prevent the central government from making any provision for equal distribution of inter-state rivers waters amongst all riparian states through which such inter-state rivers flow, as per the requirement of water for drinking as well as irrigation purposes of each of the states and in order to achieve this object the central government may, if it deem necessary to do so, nationalize all the inter-state rivers to bring them under its overall control" statement of objects and reasonsrecently, dispute on sharing of inter-state river water took a new dimension when punjab terminated all the agreements pertaining to sharing of inter-state river water through a legislation and restored the monopoly of punjab on such water the issue was referred to the supreme court by the president of india for opinion  inter-state river water disputes are not new there is a long standing cauvery river water dispute amongst karnataka and other riparian states like tamil nadu, andhra pradesh, kerala and pondicherry such a dispute has been existing among punjab, haryana, rajasthan, delhi, up etc, for quite long these disputes have arisen because some states want to monopolies the inter state river water this has led to tension many a times between the states and has also resulted in hatred amongst the people of the states hence, it has become necessary to equally distribute the inter-state rivers water amongst all the states through which such river flows the water could be distributed as per the requirements of each state for drinking and irrigation purposes for this, if need be, the inter-state rivers could also be nationalizedhence this billalladi  p  rajkumar rajya   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr alladi p rajkumar, mp)mgipmrnd—5392rs(s-1)—17-02-2006