Its very stupid of the tribunal to have forgotten to take into consideration this basic fact. We as kannadigas should fight back legally and get our rights. It sounds so odd that I have to give away my water to my neighbours free of cost because I have surplus in my home. Can tamil nadu give a portion of the crops free of cost that they grow from the water taken from Karnataka?
RE:Fantastic observation
by Vidhyadhar rao on Feb 08, 2007 02:23 PM Permalink
Dear myfaq, Air, water etc are natural resources, not produced by Kannadigas. Cauvery river was flowing into Tamil Nadu even 1000s of years back. It is not your State's own property. Change your mindset that it is "My water", "My home" etc. Suppose wind blows from Karnataka into Tamil Nadu, will you stop it saying it is my air ? Understand things in cool manner. Rivers are not individual property for you to stop it.
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by myfaq on Feb 08, 2007 03:01 PM Permalink
Very true Mr.Vidhyadhar, shouldn't TN share with Karnataka some things like electricity and crops in return for Karnataka sharing water with them? Why should Karnataka spend money on maintenance to ensure that water reaches TN? Its Karnataka's advantage that water is originating here. TN has got its own sets of advantages like more ground water. Will TN allow Karnataka to take advantages of that?
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by Mahesh S on Feb 08, 2007 04:16 PM Permalink
We have been mis-interpretted as "not ready to share any water with TN". the truth is that we are ready to share it, but not it should be a reasonable share.
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by Bangalore Chandrashekar on Feb 08, 2007 02:41 PM Permalink
Here we are not objecting to share the water. myfaq has just taken an example to explain things. Let the sharing be done in proper manner. Cauvery flows for a distance of 381 KMS in Karnataka where as in TN it is 350 KMS. Still TN gets more water why? Karntaka has build dam to help the farmers of its state. So the storage water should be utilized by karnataka farmers and then the sharing should be done. As an example you will not ask your own family members to starve and feed your neighbours. Will you do that?
