implement the direction of the
Supreme Court, and raking up
national chauvinism has led to the
present sorry state of affairs of
virtual sealing of borders between
the two states. We condemn the
attitude of the Karnataka state
government and opportunist
forces in both states that are
raking up hatreds among the
people. We demand immediate
formation of River water
management board for Cauvery
as directed by the Supreme Court
in 2007.
The ruling classes and their
political parties are using river
water distribution as yet another
means to divide the people. The
utilization of waters of Rivers
Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery and
many more rivers in South India
are being made into a bone of
contention among the riparian
states.
It is a well-documented fact
that the monsoon rains have a
cyclical nature. Ina four year cycle,
two witness normal rainfall while
one year will have a shortfall and
another year will have copious
rains. Any consecutive two
drought years leads to crisis
situation for drinking and irrigation
needs.
It is also a well-known fact
that the state governments
mismanage the water stored in
reservoirs, keeping aside the
priorities of drinking and irrigation
needs by operating hydro-power
generating plants to full capacity,
thus draining the reservoirs.
Many tribunals were formed
and they gave awards on sharing
the waters of particular River
Nov 2016
among the rip