Newsletter No. 63;
IRBMS
Chennai. When a country is busy with various the Centre to form a body that will implement
issues and day to day politics, majority of the water-sharing between Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,
people, Society at large and Govt. in particular Puducherry and Kerala by 29 th March 2018
forget the huge water crisis growing large over according to a formula it suggested. But no action
India. In recent study, it is seen that Indus Valley was taken till the deadline expired on the other
civilization has gone to extinct due to prolonged hand the Centre filed an appeal in top court,
drought and water crisis. If action has not been asking for clarifications on the structure of the
taken collectively we may face the same situation. body. This action of Centre has made the activist
angry, as in April water crisis already started in
NEWS
many places in downstream of Cauvery basin.
IPL Match the latest toll of Cauvery Water
Satellite Data shows shrinking Reservoirs
Dispute
across the Globe.
In Tamilnadu a number of political parties and
other Cauvery activists have protested against IPL Developers of a satellite early warning system for
matches scheduled to be held in Chennai, till the the world’s 500,000 dams have shown how
centre forms the Cauvery Water Management shrinking reservoirs in Morocco, India, Iraq and
Board. To avoid any political unrest all six IPL Spain could spark the next “day zero” water crisis.
matches scheduled to be held in Chennai, have
been shifted to Pune. South Africa recently came to the global headlines
The Cauvery water dispute is becoming critical by launching a countdown to the day when taps
every day the Tamil political parties blaming the would be cut off to millions of residents as a result
centre issue. of a three-year drought. Now dozens of other
During the cricket match between Chennai Super countries face similar risks from rising demand,
Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai mismanagement and climate change, say the
thousands of activists descended on Anna Salai, World
the arterial road near the Chepauk Stadium, asking environmental organization is working with other
fans to boycott the match. partners to build a water and security early
In February 2018, the Supreme Court had directed warning system to anticipate social instability,
for
playing
politics
over
the
Resources
Institute.
The
US-based
economic damage and cross-border migration. A
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