Sharing water & power is a piece of cake

confuzzled dude wrote:"This must be understood in the backdrop of the fact that assured water from Krishna (811 tmcft) and Godavari (1,480 tmcft) had already been allocated project-wise. Of the total 811 tmcft of Andhra Pradesh’s share of the Krishna water, 298 tmcft has been allocated to Telangana, 145 tmcft to Rayalaseema and the remaining 368 tmcft to the Andhra region."

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-telangana-sharing-water-power-will-be-key-challenge/article5056291.ece?homepage=true

-> Though the column heading says "will be a key challenge" the content gives you an impression that it won't be. It may be easy in theory but not when you act on it.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:"This must be understood in the backdrop of the fact that assured water from Krishna (811 tmcft) and Godavari (1,480 tmcft) had already been allocated project-wise. Of the total 811 tmcft of Andhra Pradesh’s share of the Krishna water, 298 tmcft has been allocated to Telangana, 145 tmcft to Rayalaseema and the remaining 368 tmcft to the Andhra region."

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-telangana-sharing-water-power-will-be-key-challenge/article5056291.ece?homepage=true

-> Though the column heading says "will be a key challenge" the content gives you an impression that it won't be. It may be easy in theory but not when you act on it.

Do these agreements have any expiry date? Besides, all these areas were/are in one state Andhra. But, when the state is split, the CMs of the split states must agree to abide by the existing agreement till the expiry (what the Karnataka and TN did and followed till 1974), or renegotiate and sign a new one.

There lies the problem. Andhra, Karnataka came partly due to reorganization commission. T is coming through a bitter divorce.

confuzzled dude wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

confuzzled dude wrote:"This must be understood in the backdrop of the fact that assured water from Krishna (811 tmcft) and Godavari (1,480 tmcft) had already been allocated project-wise. Of the total 811 tmcft of Andhra Pradesh’s share of the Krishna water, 298 tmcft has been allocated to Telangana, 145 tmcft to Rayalaseema and the remaining 368 tmcft to the Andhra region."

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/for-telangana-sharing-water-power-will-be-key-challenge/article5056291.ece?homepage=true

-> Though the column heading says "will be a key challenge" the content gives you an impression that it won't be. It may be easy in theory but not when you act on it.

Do these agreements have any expiry date? Besides, all these areas were/are in one state Andhra. But, when the state is split, the CMs of the split states must agree to abide by the existing agreement till the expiry (what the Karnataka and TN did and followed till 1974), or renegotiate and sign a new one.

There lies the problem. Andhra, Karnataka came partly due to reorganization commission. T is coming through a bitter divorce.

All 'T' state needs to do is delay releasing Nagarjuna Sagar waters to Seemandhra, just like Karnataka has been doing lately. These issues will not be resolved easily, when states don't care much about tribunals or implementation of agreed polices when it comes to resource sharing.