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.
RE:Sorry state of affairs
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 04, 2008 04:10 PM 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.
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by Vivek on Apr 06, 2008 09:00 AM Permalink
Yes thousand became thousands and later millions of acres had come under cultivation.This greed and self fulfilment had awoken the neighbouring states.Water is siphoned off as soon as it hits the earth.You want to convert your arid lands to greenfields and change the natural geographical features of the western ghats.Just like the administrative babus of the Madras Presidency who did great damage to the dilineation of the states in favour of TN.You dont bleed others to expand and extend you lifeline.Your research blinkered eyes are now trying to split KN to exploit the situation.So why not just say goodbye to all pre independence treaties and reinstate what God had pre-distined as the natural features of the respective regions.You can help by controlling the population explosion.
RE:Sorry state of affairs
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 07, 2008 03:39 PM Permalink
Mr.Vivek, TN is not increasing the cultivable lands but just trying to protect the already cultivated. Its Karnataka that is trying to increase it manifold. How can people in lower riparian region block water or irrigation in higher riparian region?. Its only the people of higher riparian region has the advantage to deny water to lower riparian regions. I am not trying to split you but only quetion your extensive 'attachment' towards Cauvery than Krishna.
RE:Sorry state of affairs
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 07, 2008 04:08 PM Permalink
Remember the land in TN's cauvery basin are being cultivated for more than 2 millennia. Grand Anicut built during 2 AD stands as a testimony to this. So its not TN that is trying to increase the cultivated land but its KN that is increasing by building an artificial channel of 72 miles to divert water to more areas in addition to 100 miles long river within KN.
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by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 07, 2008 03:43 PM Permalink
Remember, the lands in TN's cauvery basin are being cultivated for nearly 2 millennia. Thats why I gave the example of Grand Anicut which was built to facilitate irrigation across cauvery in 2 A.D. This dam is still being in use.
