Water Wars

Explainer: Why Kerala and Tamil Nadu have fought for decades over the Mullaperiyar dam

A Supreme Court order to set up three panels for a disaster management plan is the latest round in a long-running legal battle.

Soumya Rao
· Jan 12, 2018 · 07:30 am
Review the Indus Waters Treaty, not for revenge but for development and peace

India would gain more by making the 56-year-old water-sharing pact with Pakistan wider to meet the region's increasing water and energy demands.

Ashok Swain
· Sep 30, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have no option but to share Cauvery water

Both states are short of water, with a 'normal' monsoon masking local rainfall deficits.

Prabhu Mallikarjunan, IndiaSpend.com
· Sep 13, 2016 · 10:45 am

Full text: Jayalalithaa and Siddaramaiah wrote angry letters to each other over Cauvery violence

Siddaramaiah said incidents in Tamil Nadu were 'inciting' his people, while Jayalalithaa said scenes from Bengaluru were 'alarming'.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 12, 2016 · 11:39 pm
As Tamil Nadu, Karnataka fight over sharing Cauvery's water, farmers struggle to grow summer crops

Claiming deficient inflow, Karnataka has refused water to Tamil Nadu yet again, hitting the production of its paddy crop.

Sruthisagar Yamunan
· Aug 30, 2016 · 06:30 pm
What the culling of wild animals in some states can tell us about future water wars in India

We can reduce the pressure of wild animals on cultivation if we permit our forests, wildlands and sub-surface water systems to restore themselves.

Peter Smetacek
· Jul 07, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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Water Wars

Explainer: Why Kerala and Tamil Nadu have fought for decades over the Mullaperiyar dam

A Supreme Court order to set up three panels for a disaster management plan is the latest round in a long-running legal battle.

Soumya Rao · Jan 12, 2018 · 07:30 am

Review the Indus Waters Treaty, not for revenge but for development and peace

India would gain more by making the 56-year-old water-sharing pact with Pakistan wider to meet the region's increasing water and energy demands.

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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have no option but to share Cauvery water

Both states are short of water, with a 'normal' monsoon masking local rainfall deficits.

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Full text: Jayalalithaa and Siddaramaiah wrote angry letters to each other over Cauvery violence

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Scroll Staff · Sep 12, 2016 · 11:39 pm

As Tamil Nadu, Karnataka fight over sharing Cauvery's water, farmers struggle to grow summer crops

Claiming deficient inflow, Karnataka has refused water to Tamil Nadu yet again, hitting the production of its paddy crop.

Sruthisagar Yamunan · Aug 30, 2016 · 06:30 pm

What the culling of wild animals in some states can tell us about future water wars in India

We can reduce the pressure of wild animals on cultivation if we permit our forests, wildlands and sub-surface water systems to restore themselves.

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Oct 19, 2024 · 03:25 pm

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The water wars between Telangana and Andhra refuse to die down, but can anyone really win?

Several irrigation projects in both states are stuck over disagreements on water-sharing, even as drought-like conditions persist year after year.

GS Radhakrishna · Jul 04, 2016 · 09:00 am

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· Sep 30, 2016 · 05:30 pm

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· Sep 13, 2016 · 10:45 am

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· Sep 12, 2016 · 11:39 pm

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· Aug 30, 2016 · 06:30 pm

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· Jul 07, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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· Jul 04, 2016 · 09:00 am

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· Nov 12, 2015 · 09:30 pm