Cauvery Issue…. we all know that there is constant fight for water between Karnataka & TamilNadu from as early as 1915. But why we have this fight? Can we not think of a innovative solution for this. Is it impossible to do? What is the reason behind all this? If you make a close look into all this, one can blame the politicians who have used this issue for gaining the vote bank. We can equally blame people also because they don’t use water without much wastage. One can see leakages in pipes, tapes, lakes, canals etc. Farmers tend to use extra water for there crops in spite of advices provided by various agriculturists. If you see particularly the framers of TamilNadu & Karnataka, all of them are very much interested in growing sugarcane crop then any other crop. This is because sugarcane is a cash crop & they can get more money compared to other crop. One should know amount of water consumption for sugarcane crop is one of the highest when compared to other crops.
Note: Sugarcane is also used to prepare home made illicit liquors. I don’t have statistics about how much percentage of these crops are used in preparing liquors.
Bangalore & Chennai are fast growing cities which require large quantity of water as we know urban population is growing at very rapid pace. Both these cities totally depend of Cauvery water.
If one talks to any kannadiga guy about Cauvery, he would say, why should Karnataka share water with TamilNadu, all the Cauvery water is obtained from regions of Karnataka starting from Coorg to Mysore? Just because some 10% to 15% of water reaches Arabian Sea which is there in Chennai why should we give out 50% of water to them? Is it fair of anybody’s part to do this?
Similarly, if you talk to any Tamilian guy he would say water is a natural resource and it must be given to them and they want as much water as they can get.
But my question to TamilNadu people is, you people show lot of pride in yourself when any question comes on your state & language. You simple hate other languages and states. But now why are not showing the same pride when it comes to cauvery water. Can’t you guys make an alternate arrangement?
Finally coming to solutions of the above water problem issues, I see this problem in different terms,
1) Is water getting utilized effectively, is there any wastages, then we need to address this first.
2) I would suggest going for interlinking all Indian rivers. But interlinking rivers will be Herculean task if you try to do it through canals and channels.
So I would propose to do the same through large Pipes, when we bring oil from Iran to India through pipes why not link all rivers through pipes.
3) I would suggest bringing in a privatization in water distribution for both states. As of now I can think of these solutions.
Solutions are many, implementation of the same is not happening because there is no political will. Once we get out of all this things I guess we will be able to get an amicable solution for both the states.
2) I would suggest going for interlinking all Indian rivers. But interlinking rivers will be Herculean task if you try to do it through canals and channels.
So I would propose to do the same through large Pipes, when we bring oil from Iran to India through pipes why not link all rivers through pipes.
3) I would suggest bringing in a privatization in water distribution for both states. As of now I can think of these solutions.
Solutions are many, implementation of the same is not happening because there is no political will. Once we get out of all this things I guess we will be able to get an amicable solution for both the states.
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