Tamil Nadu

Rains cause havoc in Hyderabad while Mumbai lakes, dams overflow with water

Karnataka to seek more time to release Cauvery water

“My mother used to head out with a basket full of ash every day. She would visit dry latrines in the area one by one, sprinkle the ash on the night soil, scoop it up and carry the excreta-filled basket on her head to dump the contents into a small tanker. This was almost 40 years back in our 'Singara (beautiful) Chennai',” recounts Ravanaiah.

Cauvery river dispute: Karnataka to share less water, SC raps the two states over protests

Even as Karnataka and Tamil Nadu fight over their rights on Cauvery water, not much thought has gone into the place where the river originates. Kodagu district, earlier known as Coorg, lies on the eastern slope of Western Ghats, a biological hotspot which is home to the Cauvery and is also the primary catchment area of the river.  

River Cauvery has been in the epicentre of agitation and violence in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu--both fighting over their share of the Cauvery water. Thanks to the deficit monsoon this year, the Cauvery basin reservoirs in both these neighbouring states are only filled half as much as they should be![1].

NABARD to raise Rs 77,000 crore to fund 100 prioritised irrigation projects

Guinness World Records names Assam’s Majuli world’s largest river island

Release water to Tamil Nadu: SC to Karnataka

Encroachment of lakes and riverbeds caused Chennai floods: Panel