Cauvery flows for a distance of 475 miles from Coorg hills in Karnataka to Bayof Bengal in southeastward direction. It travels for ~100 miles inside Karnataka. KN constructed an artificial channel of 72 miles inside KN to divert water to more areas. In TN, it travels nearly 320 miles baring Pondicherry. Karnataka built two huge dams namely Krishrajasagar(KRS) and Kabini for 100 miles whereas TN has a major reservoir in Mettur and a comparatively smaller but ancient Grand Anicut(Kallanai - built ny Karikalachola 1700 years ago) for 320 mile lengthy river.
Water is stored in KRS and Kabini reservoirs in full throughout the year and release less quantity than the allocated share. Whenever there is heavy rainfall in water catchment area (i.e.Western ghats), excess water is suddenly released flooding the whole heavily cultivated plains of TN forcing people to live in distress. Karnataka uses TN just as the drainage channel to let excess water.
Now readers can tell us who is acting as the big brother and who suffers?.
RE:Illegal
by ganesh on Apr 04, 2008 01:38 PM Permalink
Come on.. what stops you from increasing capacity of mettur dam.. statistics say 8TMC of water flows into the ocean every rainy season..
KRS and Kabini are huge?? You should recheck your definition! They are relatively smaller dams!
RE:Illegal
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 04, 2008 01:56 PM Permalink
They are smaller than Mettur of course. During monsoons in Karnataka, more quantity of water than the actual storage capacity in Mettur is released to avoid flooding in Karnataka.
RE:Illegal
by apocalypto on Apr 04, 2008 02:08 PM Permalink
Mettur dam is the biggest in the cauvery basin. But if you combine the capacity of KRS and Kabini (both are in cauvery basin) and compare, Mettur dam will be smaller. Also KRS and Kabini store substantial amount of water throughout the year. But in Mettur dam, due to scarcity of water, adequate water is stored only when there is flood in KSR or Kabini reservoirs.
RE:Illegal
by Manju Seetharamu on Apr 16, 2008 08:24 PM Permalink
This one is of my fellow state mate - Sathyanarayana Bhat.
Hi My Friend, it is like this. You are throwing your house garbage in my back yard & asking me to clean. This is all about Hogenakal project. Tamilnadu does exactly the same. Please go through the tribunal order. Do you have a copy of the same? Let me explain. Any projects needs to be taken up on the cauvery water, both states to agree on the project then only state can go with the project. If Karnataka set up 5000 crore project in Nanjangud which is part of Karnataka & store water after the KRS, no water will be flowing down to Tamil Nadu, do you agree Karanataka's project? This is my state , I can do whatever I like right ??? Hope this answers your doubt & question.
RE:Illegal
by saigeetha jagannathan on Apr 04, 2008 12:48 PM Permalink
Remember TN is the second largest cultivator of rice after AP. Nearly 75% of the paddy is cultivated in the rice bowl of TN (around cauvery basin). TN farmers use less water whatever available for more production. Who is smart?
