KAVERI RIVER water dispute - WikiVidi Documentary

Описание: The sharing of waters of the Kaveri River has been the source of a serious conflict between the two states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the erstwhile Madras Presidency and Kingdom of Mysore. The 802 km Kaveri river has 44,000 km2 basin area in Tamil Nadu and 32,000 km2 basin area in Karnataka. The inflow from Karnataka is 425 TMC ft whereas that from Tamil Nadu is 252 TMCft Based on inflow Karnataka is demanding its due share of water from the river. It states that the pre-independence agreements are invalid and are skewed heavily in the favour of the Madras Presidency, and has demanded a renegotiated settlement based on "equitable sharing of the waters". Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, pleads that it has already developed almost 3,000,000 acres of land and as a result has come to depend very heavily on the existing pattern of usage. Any change in this pattern, it says, will adversely affect the livelihood...

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Shortcuts to chapters:
00:02:14: History of the dispute
00:05:06: Post-Independence developments
00:06:27: Indian Government notifies Kaveri Water Dispute Tribunal
00:08:55: Above normal water year
00:09:27: Below normal water year
00:09:56: Water use limitations
00:11:47: Interim Supervisory Committee
00:12:41: 1970s
00:14:00: 1980s
00:14:35: The constitution of the tribunal
00:15:19: Interim award and the riots
00:17:17: The crisis of 1995–1996
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