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2023 Kaveri water sharing protests Part of the Kaveri River water dispute Cauvery river flows into Karnataka state and then into the Tamil Nadu state Date August 2023 (1 year ago) (2023-08) Location Karnataka, India Caused by Karnataka's refusal to release more Cauvery water amid drought Goals Stop releasing more water to Tamil Nadu Methods Gherao (encirclement), dharna (sit-in), raasta roko ...
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal announced its final verdict on 5 February 2007. [20] According to its verdict, Tamil Nadu gets 419 TMC of Cauvery water while Karnataka gets 270 TMC. The actual release of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu is to be 192 TMC annually. Further, Kerala will get 30 TMC and Puducherry 7 TMC. [42]
2 April 2008 – Widespread protests across Karnataka against the project. [11] 5 April 2008 – Chief Minister Karunanidhi announced that the project would be put on hold until a new government assumes charge in Karnataka. [12] 17 June 2008 – unit office of the Hogenakkal water supply project was opened at Oddapatti near Dharmapuri .
The farmers also demanded to establish the Cauvery Management Board to solve the water crisis. On 7 April, the DMK chief M.K Stalin led the protests from Trichi to recover the Cauvery water sharing rights from Karnataka. [17] On 11 April, the PMK followed and proceeded a rail strike and harthal from morning to evening. [18]
[2] [3] The rank is based on the percentage of households which have access to safe drinking water. Kerala ranked highest with 97.6%, while Andhra has the worst rank with only 33.5% households having access to safe drinking water. National average stands at 85.5%.
Heavy traffic, water shortages, and rising property prices have led to online speculation that Bengaluru may be crumbling and debates about whether another city will emerge as a new tech hub in India.
River water availability and water use measurements criteria in a water year are identical for both the Krishna River and Godavari River tribunal awards except for outside the river basin uses. Including regeneration, the total water available to Karnataka for utilization is nearly 734 TMC. Out of this, Upper Krishna Project has been allotted ...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — “Layers of inadequate oversight and enforcement” by state and federal agencies contributed to a water crisis in Mississippi's capital city that left tens of thousands ...