State News And Discussion - 3

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Thanks Ramana,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The TN govt should offer to split the difference and all should be well. With good water management all can benefit and this will be history.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't think this will happen, Politician will exploit this situation especially Devi Godwa. Tribunal gave him another life.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The order passed by a three-member tribunal headed by retired Justice N P Singh, after more than 16 years of proceedings, triggered fears of violent protests reminiscent of the rioting that rocked Bangalore after the 1991 order. Karnataka government clamped prohibitory orders, shut down schools and stopped buses plying to and from Tamil Nadu.

<b>There was a virtual bandh in Bangalore. Though the city was peaceful, rumours flew and anxious Bangaloreans called up newspaper offices to know if it was safe to venture out. Police commissioner N Achuta Rao sent SMSes to allay fears: "Dear Bangaloreans, situation is peaceful in the city. Please do not panic or heed rumours about untoward incidents." </b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>But with a JD(S)-BJP combine ruling the state, the protests may take on an anti-Centre dimension as well, putting Congress in an awkward spot, though its state leaders will be vying with their rivals to be in the forefront of protests. In fact, supporters of former Congress CM S M Krishna, who has been eyeing a return to state politics, were already working on him to seize the opportunity</b>.

<b>The tribunal has devised a month-wise schedule for release of waters</b>, and Karnataka is particularly aggrieved about what it is supposed to release for Tamil Nadu during June-September — a period when its own irrigation demand peaks.

The Cauvery dispute dates back to agreements between the erstwhile government of Mysore and the Madras Presidency signed in 1892 and then again in 1924<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->