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  1. `Mullaperiyar dam is safe’

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    / May 4, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Kerala received a setback with the Supreme court appointed 5-member monitoring committee ruling that the 119-year-old Mullaperiyar dam is safe. This vindicates the stand taken by Tamilnadu. (read blog : Mullaperiyar – A sponsored hysteria) The only relief that Kerala has got is that the committee has agreed on a...

  2. Karnataka cannot build dam on Cauvery, says Jaya

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    / March 31, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After locking horns with Kerala over Mullaperiyar, Tamilnadu is now taking on Karnataka. Jayalalithaa has said her government will not allow construction of a new dam by Karnataka at Mekedhatu across the river “under any circumstances”. She also accused Karnataka of not honouring the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal award, by first filling its...

  3. Thirsty Jaya asks Kiran for water

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    / March 25, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Tamilnadu has gently nudged Andhra Pradesh to release 4 TMC feet (four thousand million cubic feet) of water from the Kandaleru reservoir. This is as per the Krishna water agreement under which AP has to release this water between January and April to Chennai. The agreement gives 12 TMC feet...

  4. Who wants to be a water carrier? 23000 applicants

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    / February 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is the story of the other India that is a constant at employment exchanges across the country. `The Tribune‘ has a fascinating story from the Sector 26 Recruit Training Centre of the Chandigarh Police. The candidates are appearing for the Class IV post of water carriers in the Indian...

  5. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

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    / January 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    India was once a country of waters aplenty. For hundreds of years, rivers, lakes and tanks watered the land for farming and supplied water for domestic needs. But mismanagement of our water sources has made scarcity of safe drinking water a major issue now. Our 14 major, 55 minor and...

  6. DAM999 lacks dum

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    / November 27, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Prasanth Menon The movie is based on a documentary ‘Dams – The lethal water bombs’ also directed by Roy Sohan (who is director of DAM999). Number 9 has a lot of significance in the context of the  Mullaperiyar dam, and hence the movie name 999. It refers to the...

  7. Hyderabad’s lakes in sepia

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    / June 30, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Photograph of the River Musi photographed by Deen Dayal in the 1880s. The Musi, a tributary of the Krishna river, is 52 miles long from its source in the western Anantgiri hills to the eastern boundary of Hyderabad city. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (r.1580-1612) founded Hyderabad city beside the River...

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