Everyone will accept that any project that an upper riparian state tries to implement will naturally affect the farmers of lower riparian state and not the vice versa. Thatswhy TN has always been a keen observer of all the projects that are carried out across Karnataka's part of Cauvery. You must know the regulations and parameters while building a huge reservoir. You cannot build it anywhere and everywhere. A huge reservoir needs to be built at the lap of a semi circular mountain range which acts as a storage dish. The size of a reservor is primarily determined by the circumference of the submerged land sheltered by the range. Mettur's capacity is due to that advantage of being sheltered by Shervaroyan hills, a meeting place of Eastern ghats and a part of western ghats. This may not be the case with KRS. Hence dont blame TN for everything that is not in Karnataka's favour.
