Let TamilNadu & Karnataka sit together to solve Cauvery issue
It is reported that Government of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have spent around Rs. 300 crore in litigation on the Cauvery issue in the courts over last several years.
Many people think this problem could have been solved long back by mutual agreement between both the states and appreciation of each other’s view point. This can happen if there would be matured leadership adopting statesman like approach in both the states.
There is no issue between individuals or provinces or countries that can not be solved by amicable discussions and give and take approach.
While the courts give judgement, what can be done if one state with the population of more than 6 crore people and another state with the population of more than 5 crore people contesting the issues,refuse to abide by the judgement of the court, if the verdict would not be to their liking.
The ground reality is that due to global warming and consequent change in the wind direction, monsoon conditions are becoming erratic with no one in a position to predict as to when monsoon would become erratic. The conditions are likely to become worse as the global warming is continuing . Between year 1880 and 2015, the global temperature has gone up by around 1 degree centigrade and is further rising alarmingly.
Due to frequent erratic monsoon, there may be shortage of 7 to 10% of required water in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the coming years.
To solve this problem, new source of water has to be found. Since both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have coastal belt, each state should set up desalination plants of capacity 10000 million litres per day to produce usable water from sea water , that will call for an investment of around Rs. 50,000 crore. The production cost of usable water from sea water will be around 7 to 8 paise per litre only.
Several international companies with technologies and looking for investment opportunities will be interested in participating in this project. Governmentof India and Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments should evolve suitable policies to encourage such invewtment.
Experts can give advise but the leadership in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should have the wisdom to sit together , discuss and arrive at strategies on the above lines.
N.S.Venkataraman
Director
Nandini Consultancy Centre
www.nandinichemical.com more
Many people think this problem could have been solved long back by mutual agreement between both the states and appreciation of each other’s view point. This can happen if there would be matured leadership adopting statesman like approach in both the states.
There is no issue between individuals or provinces or countries that can not be solved by amicable discussions and give and take approach.
While the courts give judgement, what can be done if one state with the population of more than 6 crore people and another state with the population of more than 5 crore people contesting the issues,refuse to abide by the judgement of the court, if the verdict would not be to their liking.
The ground reality is that due to global warming and consequent change in the wind direction, monsoon conditions are becoming erratic with no one in a position to predict as to when monsoon would become erratic. The conditions are likely to become worse as the global warming is continuing . Between year 1880 and 2015, the global temperature has gone up by around 1 degree centigrade and is further rising alarmingly.
Due to frequent erratic monsoon, there may be shortage of 7 to 10% of required water in both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the coming years.
To solve this problem, new source of water has to be found. Since both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have coastal belt, each state should set up desalination plants of capacity 10000 million litres per day to produce usable water from sea water , that will call for an investment of around Rs. 50,000 crore. The production cost of usable water from sea water will be around 7 to 8 paise per litre only.
Several international companies with technologies and looking for investment opportunities will be interested in participating in this project. Governmentof India and Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments should evolve suitable policies to encourage such invewtment.
Experts can give advise but the leadership in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should have the wisdom to sit together , discuss and arrive at strategies on the above lines.
N.S.Venkataraman
Director
Nandini Consultancy Centre
www.nandinichemical.com more
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I strongly disagree with your view. This is a done deal now but you are suggesting to begin. You do not want to honour the apex court's verdict. Also you are using the word Province instead of State :). The supreme court verdict itself is not strong enough in providing & establishing justice. Like the constitution, the verdict provides room for manipulation. I believe, that's why the court entertains the clarification petition instead of dismissing it. (I heard that the verdict told that there would be no review for 15 years.) First let the CMB be constituted and function for few years. Then the dialogues and discussions begin. On mutual agreement the states involved can approach the apex court for a happy review. Then sea water, etc., can happen. India needs matured politicians. But now the union government is not ready to execute the supreme court order. The President, prime minister, the union cabinet and national political party men have to be matured first and try to become statesmen. Then the state level parties will mature or even extinct. Over 90% people of the country are suffering by electing greedy and cruel politicians. Media and some people are diluting/diverting issues. Nothing personal :) Regards, Vilvaraj more
Apr 08
The question is not abt Karnataka and TN. Are talks possible when Karnataka keeps defying all court decisions. In the last 3 or 4 years Karnataka has not delivered the court apportioned volume of water. Establishment of CMB means that the physical control over the dams in Karnataka will go away from Karnataka Govt and vest with an autonomous authority. If karnataka's intentions are genuine why should it be afraid of an autonomous authority taking control of delivery of water from the dams to TN. more
Apr 08
For Tamil Nadu only resource is to convert sea water. IF the state govt is not behind votes and behind only in improvement then they should have the guts to remove all the occupied areas around water bodies and construct new ponds lakes etc. Politicians are busy in making money and play blame game instead of constructive thinking and work and more actors who are not capable of administration entering politics will definitely spoil the state. To me nothing good is visible in the near future except political corruption and divide.This is to happen when we believe that qualified educated people need not be in politics and only actors tea makers heirs of political family are sufficient to run the state and center. more
Apr 07
It is very good idea but who will take the lead, all our leaders are busy to spoil our Tamilians and their life. First we have to interlink our rivers, make more & more rain water harvesting ponds, stop sand mafias. First stop supporting politicians. more
Apr 07
Cauvery is just one source of water. if the politicians (Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Pondicherry) have the will (do they really have ???), they can implement other sources of water - rainwater harvesting, rejuvenation of lakes, removing river and lake enroachments and polllutatnats, to name a few. Most of this is only on paper. In Bangalore, the government has dissolved the Lake Development authority, who had mapped the lakes and were arriving at some solution. Citizens who are complaining about the bad state of the lakes are not willing to install STPs (some to them ask "what is in it for me??). In Chennai, I have heard citizens talk of redevelopment of their existing apartment complexes, but there is no mention of rainwater harvesting, solar panels or waste water recycling (they are only bothered about how much of extra area they would get). As for the farmers, they want water for agriculture,whether it comes from Cauvery or elsewhere is of no consequence. And whether there is tribunal or a board, how does it matter? more
Apr 07
