Balmuri, more a watery grave than picnic spot

Bangalore: There are less than nine days to go for the Karnataka elections. CNN-IBN's Karnataka Yatra reaches Bangalore, looking at the water politics in the state. Midway between Mysore and Bangalore is the epicentre of politics over the Cauvery ...

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 ...

With the ground water table depleting rapidly in view of the drought like conditions, Tiruchi Corporation has just begun to dig additional borewells on the river bed. Next summer, it will most likely be spared of the trouble. Just a few metres ...

The bitterest water dispute in independent India is not about sharing of surplus water but about re-sharing of utilised water and that is why the issue has dragged on for so long, says Professor S Janakrajan.   Professor S Janakrajan of the Madras Institute of development Studies is a specialist in agrarian institutions, interlinked agrarian markets, water management, water conflicts, stakeholder analysis and multi-stakeholder dialogues, environment, urban and peri-urban issues, disaster ...

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 ...

Law Minister T B Jayachandra said on Thursday that a committee of legal experts was likely to be formed to look into the pros and cons of the Supreme Court judgements on the Cauvery river dispute with Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters, Jayachandra said his ...

For Rajamma, a resident of RT Nagar, it is no less than a battle during summers as water woes rocks the IT hub of Bangalore every year. However, the situation this year seems even more grim, considering that most districts of the state including ...

Officials resort to desperate measures to meet the water needs of Bangalore and Mysore. They are cutting rocks, clearing choked creeks and making efforts that recall the endeavours of Bhagiratha of the mythology to bring water to the taps in ...

People of Hassan district are worried about facing severe drinking water shortage as the water-level in the Hemavati reservoir at Gorur in Hassan taluk has receded beyond the dead storage level. Reports of water being released from this reservoir to ...