Yet Another Bandh
Posted by Sajith M on Feb 12th, 2007
2007
Feb 12
Great, so today was again a bandh. Life came to a standstill across Karnataka (including Bangalore)
Thanks to this Bandh, we achieved the following:
- Karunanidhi said that Tamil Nadu will be happy with just 215 TMC ft of Kaveri water, and Karnataka can have 465 TMC ft as it had desired.
- Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz said that his earlier statment that Cauvery verdict will be implemented was taken out of context and clarified that this was never his stand.
- Productivity of all the industries in Karnataka sky rocketed.
- The average citizen (or clueless guys like me) became more sympathetic to the cause.
If we did not achieve any of the above by having yet another bandh, will someone enlighten me on what was the whole point of having this forced shutdown?
Btw, Is Bangalore City turning into a Bandh City?
Posted under: City Life/Bangalore/Uncategorized
Tagged with: bandh, Bangalore, Cauvery, forced, Karnataka, Kaveri, shutdown
February 13th, 2007 at 21:54:23
Hmm, its a simple case of “crying child gets the milk”. Politicians suck. Oh, and isn’t it Bengaluru now? :)
February 15th, 2007 at 10:51:33
Thought of sharing this information with you
CAUVERY VERDICT
Total water availability (per year) in Cauvery- 736 tmc to 740 tmc (in non-distress period)
Tamilnadu’s Share 419 tmc Karnataka’s Share 270 tmc Kerala’s Share 30 tmc Puducherry’s share7 tmc
Where it comes from
For TN
TN will get 192 tmc from Karnataka
The rest 227 tmc will come from its own catchment area. This includes water gets into Cauvery river from from TN’s Noyyal, Bhavani and Kollidam rivers For Karnataka
The water available from Tala Cauvery to Biligundu (catchment area) belongs to Karnataka For Kerala
Karnataka has to give For Puducherry
Tamilnadu has to give
As a last reparian state TN should leave 10 tmc of water in cauvery river, for environmental purpose
Why TN is not a winner
After getting 192 tmc from Karnataka, TN has to give 7 tmc to Puducherry and leave 10 tmc in cauvery itself. So, TN’s share comes downto 175 tmc. This is well below the 205 tmc allotted in the interim order of tribunal. Why Karnataka is not a loser
Karnataka need to give only 192 tmc to TN, not 205 tmc as stipulated in interim award
Karnataka’s major reservation
Why 419 tmc for TN and only 270 tmc for us? Tribunal’s answer
The share was worked out after the assessors report of total cultivable land in all the four states and water required and climatic patterns
Why TN is celebrating?
There was no assurance of getting any amount of water from Karnataka till now. But, now the final order has mandated the centre to form a monitoring committee to ensure the flow of stipulated water from Karnataka. So whatever water comes is fine for TN
The major misunderstanding (in Karnataka)
Karnataka has to give 419 tmc to TN, which is not the fact. It is only 192 tmc
When rain gods fail…
In distress period all the states have to reduce their share, in the ratio of final order.And every alternative year is a distress year in the peninsula for the last few decades!!
February 17th, 2007 at 17:48:58
The funny thing is Bandhs hurt the people of the very place they are carried out in.
Is there an equivalent of such a practice anywhere else in the world? Or are we the only ones who shutdown ourselves city wide, state wide, country wide - to show our unhappiness - and in the process inflict more damage on ourselves.
We used to hear - in Japan - when factory workers wanted to show their displeasure - they would produce goods more than their companies could sell !! Ouch.. wonder if thats true.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:13:19
@AKD
I was thinking on the same lines. I cant imagine New Yorkers closing the city because of some issue. I think the issue is not with the politicians…its with the inhabitants of the city. We Indians seem to be stuck in a strange magical land where we dont question anything and accept that things will continue the way they always have…basically not take any responsibility ourselves for bringing about some change.
A nationwide game of ping pong where we all are the players and the ball is responsibility.
February 28th, 2008 at 03:14:25
Pathetic is the word if you look at the state of Kaveri river in Tamilnadu. Look at the river using the google maps and it looks as if somebody has snatched or drank all the water. When someone like me is feeling the pain what would be the state of the people who are dependent of the water from that great river. Distressed, lack of belief, children abandoned by a mother….. these would be the words to describe those people.. I would only wish Nature storms and calms the selfish minds of these people.
Jaihind.