WAR FOR WATER

In future if there would be a war it must be a war for water.Water can exist without lives but lives cannot exist without water.

Water is mismanaged by us.This comment is based on the latest news in The Hindu Magazine 'Cauvery Row:Karnataka Chief Call For An All Party Meeting'

Water disputes between TN and Karnataka is not similar to other interstates water disputes in the country.Internationally there are water disputes between countries but some how they are managed or solved successfully by the respective countries by mutual cooperation or by solution by the International Court.

Internationally there were well known disputes for water and have been solved by the intervension of IC such as Nile Disputes between Egypt and Sudan,Tigris and Euphratus Disputes between Turkey,Syria and Iraq.

All the above disputes were solved by the court successfully on a basical theory that The Course of Rivers and water bodies should not be subjected into diversion or misdirections.They should be kept on their own natural course of directions without any disterbance from any side.They are the nature's gift.Each and every lives has the right to enjoy it.

The above norm is more suitable and should be implimented in India also.All states should be stricly advised that water is a common body and does not belongs to any state.

To ensure this the Center has to take the step to organize Cauvery River Management Authority and the Cauvery River water Distribution Regulating body wihout politics.

Tamilnadu similar to Karnataka must unite beyond the politics in this issue.
The Full News

Cauvery row: Karnataka CM calls all-party meeting on Saturday

A delegation of TN farmers’ leaders met Siddaramaiah seeking Cauvery water on humanitarian grounds, in Bengaluru on Thursday. Photo: Special arrangement

A delegation of TN farmers’ leaders meet Siddaramaiah, seek water release on humanitarian grounds

With Tamil Nadu moving the Supreme Court seeking release of Cauvery water, water-starved Karnataka, which is facing deficient rainfall in the catchment area, has called an all-party meeting on Saturday in Bengaluru to decide the next course of action.

Karnataka Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil told reporters here on Thursday that the all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah would also take stock of the grim water storage situation in the reservoirs in the Cauvery basin and the problems being faced by farmers of the State due to deficient rainfall.

The proposed meeting would be attended by MPs from the State, including three Union Ministers and ministers in-charge of the districts in Cauvery basin, Mr. Patil said.

Referring to the seriousness of the situation due to poor storage in the reservoirs in Cauvery basin, the minister said: "We need the water stored in the dams in Cauvery basin for drinking purpose and have strictly instructed our farmers not to take up cultivation of water-intensive crops. But Tamil Nadu is actually seeking water for irrigation purposes."

"We will convince the Supreme Court, the Centre and the Cauvery Monitoring Committee about the deficient rainfall and poor storage position in Karnataka’s dams," he added.

Referring to Tamil Nadu’s contention that there was a deficit of 22.934 tmcft of water to be released by it, Mr. Patil said as per Karnataka’s official records, the shortfall was only 12 tmcft. Tamil Nadu has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking direction to Karnataka to release 50.052 tmcft of water.

Meanwhile, a delegation of representatives from all the farmers’ associations in Tamil Nadu met Mr. Siddaramaiah on Thursday and appealed to him to release Cauvery water to their Samba crop on humanitarian grounds. After hearing their plea, Mr. Siddaramaiah told them about the grim storage position in Karnataka and said it would be difficult to release water given the present scenario. He assured them of releasing water in the coming days if there was good rainfall in the catchment areas.

The Chief Minister requested the farmers’ leaders from the neighbouring state to understand the position of Karnataka, which was finding it difficult to provide even drinking water.

Post Comment

More In: Karnataka | National | Bengaluru | Tamil Nadu

1. Comments will be moderated by The Hindu editorial team.
2. Comments that are abusive, personal, incendiary or irrelevant cannot be published.
3. Please write complete sentences. Do not type comments in all capital letters,
or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text.
(example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and').
4. We may remove hyperlinks within comments.
5. Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name, to avoid rejection.