day water will be provided to Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court on October 18, had directed the Karnataka government to keep releasing 2,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu till further orders. River Cauvery has been in the epicenter of agitation and violence in the States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu – both fighting over sharing of water due to the deficit monsoon this year. The water requirement of Bengaluru is met more and more from cauvery water now with the filling up of nearby water bodies. In Bengaluru, the spread of water bodies has reduced by nearly 80 % in the last four decades while its population has seen a 47 % growth. Currently, Bengaluru draws 23.10 mcft of water per year from Cauvery and the demand is only increasing. The situation has further complicated with falling groundwater table and low-rainfall being recorded in Kodagu, the river ' s source, because of reckless destruction of fragile ecology. The most powerful and poignant commentary on the boiling Cauvery cauldron came from India ' s waterman Rajendra Singh when he said: " The real threat is to Cauvery river itself. It has been treated as a commodity.”
SPECIAL FEATURES River Nile I The Greek historian Herodotus opined that“ Egypt was the gift of the Nile”. It played a vital role in shaping the 5000 year old Egyptian civilization which began with the pharaonic period spans over 3,000 years, beginning when the first dynasty started in 3000 B. C. The majestic Nile, a large river flows north from its origin at Lake Victoria to its delta in Egypt at Mediterranean Sea, a distance of 6,650 kilometres. The basin area is about 3.3 million square KM. encompasses ten countries; Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, and Kenya. The shape of the Nile River Valley resembles a lotus flower, the ancient Egyptian symbol for the regeneration of life. The long, narrow river valley is the stem, the delta that spreads out in the shape of a triangle is the flower, and Fayyum Region is a bud. For centuries, the Nile River flooded the valley, enriching the land with a thick layer of alluvial soil. Flooding occurred from July to September as the result of the tropical rains in the Ethiopian table land. The river attained its highest level in October. Then it
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