Indrajit
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The only major advantage in ruling of both treaties and SC judgement is, TN has lot more lands to irrigate than Karnataka does on river Cauvery.
Actually, this was an interim order till 20th Sep & not decided specifically on the merits. More over, Karnataka is not releasing water to irrigate either. The farmers were told as much, drinking water to Bangalore, Mysore & surrounding areas being prioritised. While I'm not absolutely clear on the total amount of water available, drinking water gets precedence over irrigation, every single time.
Long term, the central government has to build desalination plants both in Karnataka & Tamil Nadu & TN should be urged to improved storage so as to not allow water to simply flow into the sea during the period of heavy rains. Some trade off will also have to take place on water intensive cropping, especially in bad years. We also need to seriously look at drip irrigation to prevent this problem from cropping up over & over again.
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