Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?
Telangana is objecting to Andhra Pradesh govt’s Banakacherla project, terming it ‘against natural justice’. Apex Council meet could be called soon to resolve the dispute.
The Centre's Krishna River Management Board has failed to stop Andhra Pradesh from repeatedly taking more than its allocated share of Krishna river water, hurting Telangana.
Himachal has so far remained neutral on the issue. In an exclusive interview with ThePrint, CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu also dismissed reports of infighting within state Congress unit.
Cauvery is lifeline for many districts in southern Karnataka & central TN. Latter moved SC this month after Karnataka refused to release its ‘fair share’, citing ‘failed’ monsoon.
Helmand River, a critical source of drinking water & irrigation, has been a bone of contention for centuries. Earlier, Tehran had objected to construction of a dam in Afghanistan.
Godavari & Krishna river management boards were set up in 2014, under same Act that oversaw Andhra bifurcation to form Telangana, but their jurisdiction wasn’t outlined so far.
Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?
Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?
Absolutely! You are spot on.
And yet, India and Pakistan had agreed to divide the Indus river basin waters under the treaty facilitated by the World Bank.
Why did you not come up with this “logic” back then? Or do you subscribe to this “logic” now?
If this is the case, why don’t you champion the case of granting all waters to Pakistan, since, by your own logic “a living river cannot be divided like property”.
As long as things benefit your home state of Punjab, you would not utter a word against it. For others, the yardstick is different, isn’t it?
Absolutely! You are spot on.
And yet, India and Pakistan had agreed to divide the Indus river basin waters under the treaty facilitated by the World Bank.
Why did you not come up with this “logic” back then? Or do you subscribe to this “logic” now?
If this is the case, why don’t you champion the case of granting all waters to Pakistan, since, by your own logic “a living river cannot be divided like property”.
As long as things benefit your home state of Punjab, you would not utter a word against it. For others, the yardstick is different, isn’t it?