What is your say on the Karnataka Tamil Nadu Cauvery water

dispute?
Vijayakumar Solaiselvam, Facts based Geek from Tamil Nadu living in Bangalore
They are Three Things involved in the Cauvery issue
Karnataka ViewPoint
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Tamil nadu got higher share of water in the 2007 tribunal award, which is based on agreement between
madras state and mysore state at 1892 and 1924, it is skewed to support Tamil nadu.
Tamil nadu has bigger farmland than karnataka, wherein Tamil nadu farmers grow three crops a year (samba,
Kuruvai, Thaladi)
Karnataka needs drinking water for its people in Mysore, Bangalore, Mandya..etc
Tamil nadu has unsustainable agriculture practice
Tamil nadu wastes lots of water in the sea
Mandya , Hassan, Mysore, Chamrajnagar, Ramnagara, Chikmagalur..etc farmers need cauvery water.
Karnataka cant release water to Tamil nadu till its water needs are met
From 195072 Tamil nadu increased its farm area by more than 6lakh acre
Center should not setup cauvery management board that creates an independent authority to manage the
cauvery river water as mentioned in tribunal award 2007
Present cauvery tribunal award is not reflecting the actual ground requirements of the state, since it has not
considered the industrialization and ground water levels.
During a good monsoon season, Karnataka will release the tribunal award of 190 TMC to Tamil nadu.
Karnataka has full authority to use the remaining water (on and above the 270 TMC allotted to it).
During deficit monsoon year, Karnataka will give a priority to its drinking water requirements and basic farm
needs of its farmers. Tamil nadu should not expect much water from karnataka (since we are in distress).
There is no distress formula given in cauvery tribunal award.
Most of the regions in Karnataka (except south east and some portion of North east karnataka) only receive
south west monsoon, which ends in september, but tamil nadu will receives its rain in the North east
monsoon which starts in september end. So there is a possibility of tamil nadu getting more water.

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Historically Tamilnadu is using cauvery water for its agriculture and drinking water needs, so newfound use of
cauvery in karnataka shouldnt reduce the water for Tamil nadu
Cauvery only forms delta in tamil nadu (east of trichy), so it has really rich soil. Historically before British period it
always had three crops.
For last twenty years, Tamil nadu farmers are struggling to even have two crops. Historically mettur dam used to
open on June 12, but since the last sixteen years it has been postponed to July, due to blockage of cauvery by
Karnataka
Karnataka constructed many check dams in cauvery without getting consent from tamil nadu, which reduces the
river flow significantly. Theres no transparency in the water level in these check dams
Cauvery is the only major river in Tamil nadu, Karnataka has krishna and untapped west flowing rivers which can
be tapped for drinking water
Karnataka has to see Tamil nadu as equal partner and not just as a place to dump flood water
Drinking and Agricultural heart of Tamil nadu is dependent on the cauvery river; it cant give away historical rights
of water utilization (since in the international water sharing ruling, historical rights are considered higher
priority ). One of the oldest working structure in the world kallanai Dam was built by Cholas (2 century AD) on
cauvery. Our cauvery farming is 2000+ year old. Tamil nadu has civilization rights in cauvery.
Karnataka is diverting water to many industries illegally in the name of drinking water and irrigation
Karnataka is not releasing to Tamil nadu, its share of water on time as per the tribunal award
Karnataka is taking decisions of building structures in cauvery arrogantly without the consent of lower riparian
state
Implement cauvery management board as suggested in cauvery tribunal award 2007.
Cauvery tribunal award reduced Tamil nadu share from 487 TMC (in 1991) to 419 TMC, which was not inline with
the state requirement.
More than 14 districts in Tamil nadu depends on cauvery; we have more people and basin area than Karnataka

14. During distress (deficit monsoon) year, Karnataka has to share water with Tamil nadu. Karnataka should not wait
until fulfillment of their requirement. Proportional sharing in tribunal has to followed during distress monsoon.
15. Our crops have to planted before July end to face the north east monsoon, otherwise we will lose our harvest.
16. Extra water in cauvery to be shared based on Tribunal proportion
17. Thrity years before, Early June Tamil nadu used to open the dam for farming, due to increased requirement of
karnataka, it went to july, last few years it postponed to Auguest now even in september our dams are not having
enough capacity above drining water need.
Karnataka River Basin map
Cauvery drains 17% of karnataka, Krishna river drains around 59% of Karnataka (RIVER SYSTEMS OF KARNATAKA),
Pennar, palar and west flowing rivers do the remaining job.
India has avg annual rainfall of 1200 mm with an area of 3,287,263
Karnataka has average rainfall of 1152 mm (approx) over the area of 191791 sq..km with a population of around 6.4Cr, Udupi
district has maximum of 4180 mm rainfall, Chitradurga district has minimum of with 570 mm rainfall. North Interior
Karnataka has lowest rainfall, coastal region has highest (so more water for Arabian sea).
Tamil nadu has average rainfall of around 958 mm, with an area of over 130060 sq..km has population of around 7.7 Cr
people. The Nilgiris district has maximum of 1695 mm rainfall, Thoothukudi district with 655.7 mm rainfall.
South central (Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi, ramanathapuram , Sivaganga, ..etc) and north central TN are the driest regions
(Vellore, Thiruvannamalai..etc)

Cauvery Tribunal Award

Cauvery Basin - As per expert committee, cauvery has around 700 TMC water (based on 50% availability) , it is less than the
tributary of Godavari -Pranhita , Krishna river has 2100TMC. So Cauvery is not that large a river , compared to Krishna and
Huge Godavari

Source -Central water Commission. (Four Important Cauvery Reservoir - KRS, Hemavathi, Kabini and Harangi , 34% 12 sep16, of its capacity but Karnataka has 17% less rainfall than normal year from June-1 to 9Sep, 30% Short in all the reservoir
capacity,Karnataka Govt open their dam to their use in a normal sense for first two month June-July, poor karnataka govt
believed in IMD report of normal or above normal rainfall)

Source-Central Water Commission (Mettur and Bhavani Sagar has 65% less than their capacity (35%), in general TN has 50+
% short in reservoir capacity, TN may get rain in the North East Monsoon)

This above picture show the water problem of Tamil nadu, but Karnataka as a separate entity should not be responsible for
population and lower water resources in tamil nadu, but Karnataka has to ensure Cauvery basin in tamil nadu gets its due
share. As per tribunal, it should release 190 TMC water from its dam to tamil nadu (419 TMC tamil nadu share - 190 TMC
from Karnataka and 229 TMC from rain water from tamil nadu basin area). Cauvery is lifeline for Southern Karnataka but
cauvery is lifeline for entire Tamil nadu. Karnataka is 1.5 times bigger than tamil nadu in area but has 80% population of tamil
nadu. Tamil nadu is in the rain shadow region, so it can't afford to lose rights on any water. More population with lesser
rainfall will make tamil nadu fight harder for its rights
Karnatakas Problem
Karnataka has second highest desertification in India after Rajasthan, though it has Krishna, Cauvery, Nethravathi, Pennar,
Shravathi, Kali nadhi, Mahadayi..etc some of its districts are very dry; it is not able to use its water to improve their lives.
Somehow karnataka is not getting its share .. Karnataka has been given lesser share than its basin area due to historical use,
since Andhra was historically doing agriculture in Krishna basin, it been given higher share than karnataka, Karnataka has
44% of krishna's catchment area, but as per krishna award it only gets 34% of Krishna water. Karnataka hosts around 42% of
cauvery basin area, but it gets around 37-38% of cauvery water. Tamil nadu contains around 54% of cauvery catchment area
and gets 57% of cauvery water share. Though many river pass through Karnataka, they are not helping the state.

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Water Award
Maharashtra-560 TMC
Karnataka-700 TMC
Andhra Pradesh (united)-800 TMC
Although Karnataka been given lesser water in Krishna as compared to cauvery, then why is only cauvery issue getting that
much hype whereas Krishna is not posing any problem (lets discuss this in the political section)
There is shift in agricultural practices in both the states, in the last five years area under sugercane in Karnataka increased five
times, from 91ooo Ha in 1971 to 410000 Ha to 620000 Ha at 2015. Mandya is also called sugarcane belt of Karnataka (which
is based on cauvery river), sugarcane is very water intensive crop. Unfortunately Karnataka and Tamil nadu are third and
fourth largest producer of sugarcane in India. Karnataka and Tamil nadu are top two drought prone states of India. Both
states has unsustainable agricultural crops. Goa also accuses Karnataka of giving 4 lakh litres water from malaprabha river to
Pepsico unit in Dharwad. Tamil nadu is no better, it provides 15 lakhs litre of water to Pepsi plant per day from Tambirabarani
river. Both states lags in water recycling , water management and both has poor agricultural insight (like evry other states in
india).
Season and Crop Report of Tamil Nadu
The Bangalore problem
The Answer -> Karnataka had/has southward development and most of the development happened in and around the
Bangalore-Mysore belt (which is in the Cauvery basin). So there is need for more water for industries and people in Bangalore
urban and rural areas. Bangalore population increased from 41 lakhs in 1991 to 96 lakhs in 2011.
Table 1
Analyzing Bangalore's Growth
Tamil nadu and Karnataka had an agreement - 1998 Pact on Bangalore & Hogenakal Projects was based on the
premise that both states won't obstruct drinking water schemes from Cauvery as long as the water drawn for such a project
was sourced from the respective state's share of Cauvery water. But Karnataka had a very high water requirement for its
southward development which hurt mandya, ramnagara and Mysore farmers, since they got water from KRS dam, which was
the irrigation dam for these districts. So Karnataka is in deep requirement of water for its new uses. Karnataka felt Tamil nadu
farming is not as important when compared to its own drinking water requirement. There is a genuine problem in South
karnataka regarding water resources, but how can it be solved without hurting Tamil nadu is a big question. You need very
high investment on getting other resources to these regions.
Big question - Is karnatakas claim on priority in using water falling on its boundary without giving to Tamil nadu or .. can
Karnataka have another water saving plan to supply its people the water.. ???
This is the big question facing every developing country in the world, no one has the answer, everyone was talking about
different rainwater harvesting and water saving techniques, river linking. Israel can teach every Indian how to use water
efficiently. As per international ruling it cant be done, historical water uses get priority while new found uses do not; hence
Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, bangladesh..etc have to get their share of water irrespective of water requirement in upper
riparian state.
Is Tamil nadu using its water responsibly
The answer is Yes and No, Cauvery is the major river in Tamil nadu and even TN is diverting Cauvery water to chennai
(around 1020% of chennais water requirement). But Tamil nadu is not doing enough to maintain its own ponds, lakes and
dams, which are all silted and polluted. Noyyal river- A tributary of cauvery is fully polluted. Vaigai dam - which is the lifeline
of madurai region silted heavily without government taking any action.

How a river in Tamil Nadu turned into a sewage canal

Orthathupalyam dam across the river Noyyal is the only dam in the world where farmers will protest to not open the dam, as
it is full of chemical waste (it will degrade their farm land)
The environmental crisis in your closet

Tamil nadu governments water resources dept(better than karnatakas in some extent, but worse in general) has to protect its
water resources and improve their water saving techniques. Jaya spent around 35000 cr in five years on freebies out of which
around Rs.15000 Cr were unnecessary. Had she spent the same on water resources, it would have saved Tamil nadu.
Bangalore water crisis All lakes in Bangalore are heavily polluted and are beyond use (worse than Chennai - which is
supposed to be a worst)
This is not Kashmir, it is Bangalore's largest lake - Bellandur Lake..
Do you know, where this water goes? Dont be surprised when I tell you that this water goes to Then Pennar River, which is
then used as drinking water for more than 30 lakh people in tamil nadu. (if you are from Krishnagiri and Thiruvannamalai
district)
Lakes are burning in Bangalore- Chennai is not better (just vist Adyar and Coovum). It is not due to industrial waste but
mainly due to domestic waste (your detergent powder, Soap, Urine, Shampoo..etc)
Lethargic attitude of Tamil nadu government towards maintaining its water resources
Both the states are Hypocrites , who just fight for emotion, when most of their rivers are polluted and wasted without a
cause
Karnataka needs better water management, which should reduce load on cauvery. Look for a contingency plan.
Why is the River water creating a big problem between two states-There is Tamil-Kannada problem Political Angle
No one disputes that Mandya (once a mighty agriculture district) is reeling under immense drought, due to high migration
and rapid industrialization in the south Karnataka region centered around Bangalore. Bangalore is the power centre of the
state, which has its own issues related to ethnicity. Till 1947 Bangalore had two distinct regions; one region was Pete (where
kannada speaking people formed a majority) and another one was Bangalore cantonment (where Tamil speaking people
formed a majority).
After 1956 when you had united Mysore state, Bangalore which host the capital had significant (sometime dominant) Tamil
and Telugu community. So Kannada people felt little discriminated and unconformable to have dominant Tamil minority
community in their capital (within 50km from tamil nadu). Tamil nadu govt did wonderful job in Chennai to strip its Telugu
identity , the same way Karnataka want it to do in Bangalore. So there is always a little friction between the communities. Also
south Karnataka is political epicenter for Karnataka politics , it also host economic centre of the state (Coastal, North and
Hyderabad Karnataka didnt have this much influence in the state affairs). So political importance and friction within
communities exploded in the supreme court initial cauvery board order at 1991, riot broke out in south karnataka, around 20+
Tamilians were killed more than 100000 Tamils were forced to leave Bangalore-Mysore belt. Karnataka start following the
footstep of Dravidian politics of Tamil nadu (I am periyarist , but dont support some policy of DMK and ADMK), started
kannadification of bangalore (tamil nadu did tamilification of Chennai), come to bangalore , you will see everywhere Kempe
Gowda name from airport to railway station to Bus stand.
Technical issue like water sharing is taken over by Kannada fanatics and Tamil fanatics, so these people see water issue as
ethnicity and linguistic and regional issue, it creates hatred among people in the respective states. Due to its emotional value ,
politicians started doing their politics.
Jayalalithaa who became CM at 1991 didnt had respect from every part of the Dravidian ideologist. So when cauvery issue
escalated in 1993, Jayalalithaa fasted untill death at 1993, this gave her sympathy and her place as leader for tamils.

Veerapan who kidnapped rajkumar supposed (not true) to have said that he was unhappy with Karnataka govt treatment of
Tamil farmers.
Kannada cine actors who supposed to be acting got into cauvery issue, so it brought tamil film industry on to protest, so this
increased the protest galore across two states (stardom for the protest) .
Karnataka had rapid Bangalore centric growth in last 20 years, due to this, there was a exponential increase in water
requirement, cauvery was near to Bangalore, so it came into power and economical politics. So Tamil nadu forced to starve
becoz of new found use in cauvery , so upper riparian state start doing its thing, which starved the historical user, which too
suffer from heighten water issue.
So these political, economical, fanatical power game made all these issue unbearable for we normal public. This will continue,
Cauvery issue will be seen as Tamil-Kannada issue. we cant help, we Indian have to get matured, i am not seeing this
happening anytime soon..Lets do our thing worried, frustrated, ashamed
Different Political outfits ruling the Tamil nadu and Karnataka also fueling the problem. Since Congress and BJP are
considered to be side show in Tamil nadu. DMK and AIADMK not existent in karnataka . This gave a free hand for politicians
to politicize the issue without losing any vote bank . It wont happen between Gujarat, Madya pradesh and Maharashtra which
shares many rivers and political parties.
This time around central government failed to mediate between the states. Vajpayee and Manmohan singh arranged many
meeting between two chief ministers. despite Karnataka CM repeated request to mediate in this matter, central government is
maintaining dead silent till forenoon. Congress in the state, BJP in the central is the worst combo for poll bound Karnataka.
Karnataka CM try to get BJP central government to the fight, but BJP trying everything to make state government as a
scapegoat in this Cauvery issue. BJP protesting against failure of state to convince Supreme court. When Jagadish Shetter of
BJP did the same thing, Congress was protesting against then BJP government for releasing the water and failure to convince
supreme court. Same blame game continuous between DMK and AIDMK (In TN, no one cares about central govt stand, since
less of scapegoating in this time around, becoz no TN parties are in the central coalition)
What is the Problem
We indians concentrate more on emotion and opinion than facts and reality. Water sharing is a technical process which has to
be carried out by Ecologist, Irrigation expert, Sanitation expert, Earth science specialist , civil engineer , Agriculture expert,
farmers, Water resources expert and energy engineer not by Tamil,Kannada fanatics , politicians, caste organization or you
and me (normal public). Independent expert committee which understands the technicality and requirement should manage
the affairs without any bias. So It is mandatory to setup a cauvery water management board (not just cauvery, every water
resources across country)
if you have free time, first see this ground zero report by Rajya Sabha TV
What no one cares-Pollution in Cauvery
Cauvery samples reveal prevalance of fecal coliform: TN minister
Pollution in Cauvery - cauvery polluted by Karnataka and Tamil nadu without mercy.
Lifeline of Tamil nadu Mettur dam pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Lets fight, who is strong, Is it tamilians or Kannadigas, forget the pollution in Cuavery and Kill our resources and fight crazy
between the states. My Stupid Country. Our lands are diabolic lagging Zinc, Phosphorus and Potassium but our priority is on
bandh and enmity.
For people from karnataka who think Tamil nadu is robbing their water, using it illegally for unwanted purpose- Tamil
nadu has genuine requirement of cauvery, the biggest dam in Tamil nadu (bigger than all other dam in TN combined) purely
relies on water from Karnataka and small river stream Palaru. It is the high time karnataka govt to find alternative source for
Bangalore (e.g. Chennai has five water sources- 1. Four lakes of Chennai(5060% of Chennai water) 2. Telugu Ganga project
(diverting Krishna to Chennai) 3. Veeranam project (Diverting cauvery to chennai), 4.desalination Plant (converting sea water
to drinking water, three biggest plant in india) 5. Bore walls across three districts). But Bangalore relies mainly on cauvery.

When Chennai, which is no where related to Krishna can get Krishna water, Bangalore which is in the state where Krishna has
maximum catchment area can get water (yes altitude problem has to solved).
For people from tamil nadu- Karnataka has real requirement of cauvery due to industrialization, mighty agriculture
district like mandya seeing farmer suicide. Bangalore which houses more than 20 Lakhs Tamils needs water, tamils also get
advantage from development of Bangalore, they form dominant minority in Bangalore. Development of Hosur/Krishnagiri
district and Tamil nadu tourism also depends on Bangalore (since Bangalore sends lot of Tourists to Tamil nadu) . Remember
bangalore is the city that contains largest tamil Population outside tamil nadu. Co-operate, go for sustainable agricultural
practices. Force your government to spend on water conservation. Ask water not Freebie (My dear statesman's we need to get
our act together). Our priorities are misplaced
Both the state people, Give the experts a chance , dont spread half baked truth. Force your government on sustainable water
practices. save water as an individual, change your water intensive life style.Set an example. It is a technical issue dont see it
as Tamil and Kannada Issue. both need water.. need collaborative action forum like Cauvery family initiative .
Recent problem
I was deeply hurt by hearing many protesters using swear word to demonize Tamil nadu during 2012 Cauvery bandh. That
much enmity towards neighboring state with whom Karnataka shares significant cultural and linguistic ties is very Disturbing.
This holds for Tamil nadu too.
Supreme Court judgement on 06-Sep-2016 to ask Karnataka to release 15000 Cusec of water is misinterpreted from both
sides. Media which is supposed to be helping people to understand the problem joined the emotion. I have not seen any
Kannada or Tamil news channel running a program with facts and interview of water resources expert. Their programs are all
occupied by fanatics and politicians from the both the sides, to fuel the emotion and hatred.
Karnatakas statement which quotes only 51 TMC water from four dams (KRS, Kabini, Herangi and Hemavathi) is factually
wrong. Karnataka govt didnt give information about dams in small streams and numerous check dams in the Cauvery River
which holds water from 0.1 TMC to 0.5 TMC, also present inflow in the Cauvery river and its tributary also not mentioned,
these half facts fuelled the people to say Karnataka will lose 13 TMC water and its dam availability will reduce 25% of present
level.
It is not good for Karnataka government to arrogantly announce not even a drop of water available for Tamil nadu. It led to
the Supreme Court statement of Live and Let live, then Karnataka govt came down to release 10000 Cusec, but SC asked
Karnataka to release 15000 cusec. I support the wording in the judgement which says consider Tamil Nadu requirement, so it
can live as an Entity. As of now Karnatakas dams have around 7000 cusec inflow (it was 10000 cusec yesterday), so
Karnataka will release extra 8000 cusec from its dam, so for 10 days , its dam level will reduce from the tone of 3 TMC to 6
TMC not the 13 TMC. Just to portray the number three days before 220000 cusec was released from Almatti dam. Lets hope
cool minds from both the side prevail, wont be overshadowed by angry minds. Let the Cauvery joint family flourish.
It is sad that water sharing issues are being settled in Supreme court, which points out to the failure of us living together or
sort our problem in a peaceful and fruitful way. We let the decision of lakhs of farmers to two judges, unfortunately , it is
better than two CM deciding the same (failure of Indian political system)
Now Mekedattu project which Karnataka government gonna implement at the cost of Rs. 5912 Cr, As per the project two 25
TMC dam (or one 50 TMC dam) to be constructed at Tamil nadu-Karnataka border to save 250 TMC of cauvery water (as per
me , which doesnt exist). Karnataka govt planned this for the purpose of hydro power and drinking water to Kolar, Tumkur
and other district. So this Circus will continue for next five to ten years. It will be a death sentence for Tamil nadu delta
districts, it will exponentially increase Karnataka's dependency of cauvery in irrigation, drinking water and power generation.
This will motivate upper riparian state to build infrastructure around mekedattu dam, This new found use will again starve
Tamil nadu, where cauvery flow may go below ecologically sustainable level (its already happening) leading to dead river
basin in the lower riparian basin.
Burning Pictures are not of any enemy country leaders (even that i oppose), it is the elected representative of neighboring
states
The Solution
Many people asked me , how to solve this problem. If you read above paragraph, you will know by yourself. For the real
solution , the problem have to be decoupled into two separate issues .

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Cauvery Water Sharing

Solving the water crisis in Karnataka and Tamil nadu.
Cauvery Water Sharing
This problem has already been solved by Cauvery water tribunal award at 2007. Tribunal spent almost 17 years , analyzing all
the ground facts, consulting people from both the states, including Prime Ministers, Chief ministers, farmers and various
experts. Even reputed lawyer Fali Nariman (who represents Karnataka in cauvery dispute) consented to the court that
Tribunal award is neutral and binding to all the states. Now central government has to setup the independent authority to
implement the award given by the Tribunal (central government has to think beyond politics). Most of the neutral experts
accept the tribunal award, even Tamil nadu knows, it cant get more than this (TN share reduced from 487 TMC to 419 TMC).
Karnataka knows, it cant ask for more than 270 TMC (its share significantly improved from 1991 number). Cauvery
Management board, an independent authority if set up, will work only based on tribunal award, without worrying about
Karnataka or Tamil nadu requirements (you get what is given in the BOOK (tribunal award),nothing more, nothing less). No
politician can over-ride their authority. So cauvery problem has already been solved.
Solving water crisis.
Karnataka and Tamil nadu government have to solve this problem by themselves with the help of local population. Many
solutions have been discussed by many experts. Customized solution can be found for every sub region. The most
commonsense solutions are - Ground water recharge, Road side water management, linking peninsular river (MahanadhiGodavari-Krishna-Cauvery-Vaigai-Vaippar), Sustainable farming, Drip irrigation, integrated farming, Water recycling ,
desalination, de-silting and effective management of present water bodies, Individual water responsibility, Fighting river
pollution-cleaning local water bodies, Ecological balance management etc. This is not just the responsibility of the
government, it is also the responsibility of every single individual.
People should force their politicians for effective water management. This should be the poll issue (not caste, religion,
language, fanaticism) in your state elections. I saw many intellectuals losing assembly election without proper party
domination. Karnataka and Tamil nadu occupy top 5 slots in corruption in the country, Karnataka has one of the richest
assembly members, 200 out of 224 MLA in Karnataka are crorepathis. Average officially declared asset of a Karnataka MLA
is Rs. 23 Cr, situation is same in Tamil nadu (which occupies respectable first position in electoral corruption, even Indian
election commission shocked by the extent of electoral corruption in the TN state). Do you expect these politicians( who got
elected because of their money wealth) to solve your problem. This is the responsibility of all the people and government from
both the states, you cant force all these responsibility on poor people and farmers living in the cauvery basin. Bangalore water
responsibility should not be in the hands of farmers in the cauvery basin, Responsibility should lie on the hands of
Bangaloreans and their local government, which failed to find multiple water sources and polluted all the lakes.
End of the day, People get what they deserve, as of now, we Indians dont deserve better governance.
So we have already solution to the cauvery problem, but we dont have or we dont want to have solution to the water
scarcity and management.
People link the cauvery water sharing issue with the water scarcity issue, which sets the stage for Fanatics, Chauvinist,
Jingoist , politicians and idiots to dance around and Fool around.,
When i get time. I will expend the answer. Sorry for the typo didnt get time to proof read

Vijayakumar Solaiselvam
GE India Technology Center
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
ME-EE 2010-2012
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Living in Bangalore, Proud banglorean