Cauvery river flows in three districts of karnataka (Coorg, Mysore and Mandya) whereas it flows in 9 districts of Tamilnadu namely Dharmapuri,Salem,Erode,Karur,Trichy,Tanjore,Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam,Kumbakonam and merges in Bay of Bengal at Kaveripoompattinam(Pondicherry). The land cultivated with Cauvery in TN than that of Karnataka geographically. Cauvery is not a major river when compared to Krishna in Karnataka(but it is projected in contrary to the fact). Coorg is hilly and has less agricultural land whereas the two districts namely Mysore and Mandya rely on Cauvery for agriculture. But in Tamilnadu, cauvery flows in highly cultivated 8 districts (these lands are irriagted for thousands and thousands of years). In fact, Karikala cholan built Kallanai(stone dam) 1700 years ago across Cauvery(this is the oldest usable dam in the world today). Karnataka is a huge state(bigger than TN) and it just not consists only these 3 districts. Most of the western, Central and North Karnataka people never involve themselves in this dispute(they constitute nearly 80% of the total population). The central and north Karnataka are underdeveloped and only the south Karnataka comprising in and around Bangalore and Mysore are developed due to IT. The central Karnataka though a highly water fed region(thanks to the sprawling western ghats and its rain forests) has not seen development in terms of educational institutions, food management and other social issues. Most of the north central and n
RE:Sorry state of Affairs!!
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 04, 2008 10:09 AM Permalink
contd, Most of the north central and north east karnataka are dry and it witnessed the highest number of farmer suicides in KN this crop year.
This sorry state of affairs exists because KN politics is dominated by people belonging to southern districts. Thatswhy, time and again they make this cauvery issue a major political drama. This is not the same with Krishna river eventhough a water sharing dispute exists between Karnataka and Andhra over Krishna river.
But in TN, Cauvery if the lifeline and thatswhy if the water is deficient, crores of people are affected. Even then, TN never witnessed farmer suicides as in Maharastra and KN beacuse some of the populist movements by TN govt. TN is highly industrialised and the development is equally spread. During Crisis, they move to places like Tiruppur, Sivakasi, Madurai etc for their livelihood. Only people from dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts move to Bangalore as it is closer.
why are we fighting for inland waters...when both the states are surrounded by coastal waters.. u need to build desalination plants at coastal areas..Do have one atleast, if so i m not aware of it. most countries in mid-east do this and they do it well.. and i m sure we hv all the resources in the world to do it..
RE:u need to build desalination plants
by ravi ravi on Apr 04, 2008 10:03 AM Permalink
you are right chethan i agree with ur prev msgs but some one shud control these people right
RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by chetan kotur on Apr 04, 2008 09:52 AM Permalink
i m not sure if BJP is lingayat.. bt u r rite abt one thing.."Lingayats are the most casteist community in India" i my self am i one and i am ashamed of it..
RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by santhosh malleshwar on Apr 04, 2008 10:30 AM Permalink
I dont know who is casteist, for a kannadiga who has studied in TN, the present controversy is bit too much, the way Tamilnadu politicians and Cine artists are responding to it is sure bound to provoke kannidgas. Take it for granted that kannadigas are people who are selfish and bad. why are there more people from other states in Karnataka than the locals. Till around 96 no other language was entertained in Tamilnadu. Here in karnatka, you have schools teaching tamil, Malayalam among other languages too. If kannadigas were so fanatic, Then just come and check with cosmopolitan culture of karntaka. People should hold thier tongues when talking people of other states
RE:RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by ramabhadranS on Apr 04, 2008 11:23 AM Permalink
There is nothing to provoke Kannadigas as they were the first to start physical violence and the fools in TN reciprocated. Both are wrong as far as the violence is concerned. But Kannadigas started it and they must share the larger responsibilty for the current state of affairs.
RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by pen on Apr 04, 2008 10:02 AM Permalink
without knowing the fact you idiot have written BJP is Lingayaths party actually allover india it is Brahaminis party. And this Kongas are hated by all human beings on the earth.
RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by Manjunath HR on Apr 04, 2008 09:57 AM Permalink
Hello, TN should not take any right on Hogenakkal, if KA willing share water to them then only they will come to picture. TN uncessarly make noise and provoking kannadigas.
RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by rishi on Apr 04, 2008 10:06 AM Permalink
Is it that karnataka will release water to TN only when karnataka is over flooded because of rain?Why the hell does kA release water when it is flooded, they can keep the water in karnataka itself and consume them right....
RE:RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by tamilmozhli on Apr 04, 2008 10:15 AM Permalink
hey as hole manjunath... hogenakkal is TN property.. wtf we should wait for willing of KA
RE:RE:Political Rascals-BJP
by ramabhadranS on Apr 04, 2008 11:19 AM Permalink
Dear Manjunath, when a river flows through few states that the river belongs to all three states. a single state cannot hold ownership of it. That is equity. Don't bark.
RE:Barbaric act
by ravi ravi on Apr 04, 2008 09:46 AM Permalink
I support it being non tamilian its tit for tat let them burn the so called Konndadogs flag let them burn effigy of that moron Rajkumar (fit for nothig fellow)
RE:RE:Barbaric act
by chetan kotur on Apr 04, 2008 09:49 AM Permalink
ravi.. if u were in karnatak and if u said something like that ..u wud to beaten.. plz be careful whn u make remarks like that.. now i m not a rajkumar fan or anything..bt thats what i hv seen here in karanataka..
RE:Barbaric act
by sunil challa kumar on Apr 04, 2008 09:51 AM Permalink
It is matter of sensitive so should discuss togeter parties and come with the understanding.
RE:Barbaric act
by chetan kotur on Apr 04, 2008 09:55 AM Permalink
agreed ..on any other day..they wud have done it.. bt its election time..therefore all this craziness.. its always during election time... ppl shud understand this by now... bt i thnk we are getting there.. the Cable operators said they dont want to get involved in this politics..
RE:Barbaric act
by chetan kotur on Apr 04, 2008 09:48 AM Permalink
pen - u must understand that these so called agitators are not cultured or intelligent(both kannadigas and tamillians). They are goodas hired by political parties.. everyone know that.. a average educated man(kannadiga/tamillian) wud never resort to this sort of violence..
This is text i saw written by one of our friends smogan in sify...iam putting it here....
Human as a species alway have problems with different languages or different. However, more affluent in social status they gain, small differences disappears. The western world is affluent and accordingly they don't fight at street levels with their fellow brothers, even if they disagree on opinions. Even though India claiming to be fast developing, majority are not wealthy and accordingly the Tamils and the Kannada are fighting on the streets. Probably in another ten years they would be wealthier and will become wiser. Until then, the wiser Indians should just painfully laugh at the ones who are fighting.
RE:Grow wiser, wealthier....
by ramabhadranS on Apr 04, 2008 11:25 AM Permalink
May be true but the violence is instigated by the affluent-The politicians who have amassed wealth.
It is really a shame for all of us, being citizens of India and talk more on Unity in Diversity.. but actually we are the people who cannot live peacefully even with our next door neighbours.. I don;t know why this tamilians and Kannadigas are rubbing tamil name boards with tar and pull down the kannadian Name boards. by doing this the problem will get solved.?? Our Central Govt unless they think about the people and not about the votes they wont be able to solve this problem amicably.. Central Govt doesn;t have the guts to stop both the sides (fearing lose of votes), and take a clear decision abide the law. We all need to protest against the central govt to solve the problem peacefully via dialogues within a time frame say 1 yr and make sure both the states abide those decision.
