Tiding over water crisis a big task

A study jointly conducted by several government agencies on effective utilisation of monsoon rain in the state shows that the area under cultivation in the Cauvery basin is shrinking. The demand for water for irrigation in the Cauvery basin, which ...

The Attappady Valley Irrigation Project languishes, though vital to utilise the State's share of water awarded by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. High hopes were floated when the State Budget for 2012-13 announced that the Rs.400-crore ...

The strategy adopted by the State government on the Cauvery water issue has paid rich dividends not only in the form of publication of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the Union government's gazette but also realisation of ...

A documentary film being produced by the Janata Dal (Secular) on the Cauvery and Krishna issues to "create awareness" among the people on the injustice meted out to Karnataka by the Centre has attracted the wrath of Congress, and the Mandya district ...

Though Cauvery is the lifeline for farmers in the southern belt of the old Mysore region which covers Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Hassan districts, the heat and dust generated on the emotive issue does not translate into an election issue.

As parties get into the nitty-gritty of candidate selection, former prime minister HDDeve Gowda seems to be treading a different path, although informally, to garner votes for his party. The Cauvery issue has come in handy for Gowda and there seems to be an ...

Farmers of Karnataka will be affected with the constitution of Cauvery Management Board (CMB) to implement the final Order of the Cauvery Tribunal on sharing of Cauvery water, said former prime minister H D Deve Gowda. Speaking to mediapersons during his ...

Farmers of four villages staging a protest against the IOC project in Kakka Kottur village in Tiruvarur district on Wednesday | Express Photo After the furore over GAIL's Kochi-Bangalore pipeline in western Tamil Nadu, farmers from four villages in ...

Dynasty, questing for water for his land; Prayed to the immortal Agasthya who Overturned his pot and made Cauvery flow Due East reaching fast Goddess Sampapathi And merge grandly with the sea close-by. The goddess of immense austerities Rose to ...