posting again !! RE:RE:Rocket Science!? by mj on Feb 07, 2007 02:49 AM | Hide message Interested in scientific method? eh. Well then, consider this. Tamil Nadu has nearly 100 tmc worth of ground water sources the it has not touched while Ktaka has next to nothing. 2/3rd of the basin area in Ktaka is drought prone whereas only 1/4th of the basin area in TN is drought prone. So Ktaka has even more pressing need for water for irrigation. And then distress sharing. How convenient of you to say take the 'average distress'. So, do you mean if there is a 50% shortfall in rainfall in Karnataka to 10% shortfall in TN, Ktaka still has release water as if its only facing 30% shortfall? And then, apart from the ground water sources in TN, who is to count the North East monsoon that feeds the Kaveri in TN but not in Ktaka. Ktaka only has one monsoon season. TN has two. So that is all the more reason for Ktaka to store water for pre and post monsoon periods. Finally, TN's numero uno argument all along has been that, even though they've developed 28 lakh acres against the letter and spirit of the past agreements, they should be given amnesty simply because cutting off supplies to the 'illegaly' expanded portions would mean rendering millions jobless. This is a patently silly, absurd and atrocious argument. It is neither Ktaka's moral obligation nor legal binding that it has to feed every sq inch of TN's millions of acres. These figures sum it up: Karnataka irrigates 11.2 lakh acres and one crop per year TN irrigates 28 lakh acres and upto three crops a year.
Like Gandhi says, "There's enough for everyone's need, not for someone's greed". Shame on wretched tamilians and their politicians. No wonder with all the water and everything they're still a cursed and wretched lot.
