Stories from Tamil Nadu

1. area : Coimbatore, Tamil nadu

- the river originates at talakaveri in the kodagu district. the small spring swells up during the monsoon season and flows underground to continue as the cauvery river. he finds it hard to believe that a spring as small as that could be the origin of a river because there is no visible link to the two. talakaveri is a place of worship and families are seen performing pujas.
- tamil nadu is like a begging bowl to karnataka which should not be the case. tamil nadu won the case in the supreme court and minimum water is to be released to them. karnataka doesn't abide by this.
- FESTIVALS : many festivals in the south are centered around kaveri as the goddess. tamil festival 'adi piriki' requires that a puja be done along the banks of the river or wherever possible. the river must be flowing continuously for the puja to take place but because of lack of water this does not go smoothly.
- CURRENTLY : karnataka is currently planning to construct 2 dams. supreme court says this must not be done without the permission of tamil nadu. meetings are being held and protests at the border. karnataka vehicles aren't allowed inside tamil nadu and vice versa. the CM of tamil nadu (Panneerselvam has written a letter to the PM about this.
- SOLUTION? ;
   - An inter-state water commission should be set up with knowledgeable representatives from either state.
   - interlinking of rivers atleast in south india.
   - rivers under national control ( for 10 years the congress didn't bother looking into this issue )

- Karnataka faces a similar problem as tamil nadu because they receive water from the krishna river which originates in andhra pradesh. they are in a similar situation as tamil nadu in this matter.