COMK Analysis

On a day when the Supreme Court is expected to hear on the Cauvery Issue Petitions filed by Tamil Nadu & Union Government we try to understand why Karnataka has been vehemently opposing the formation of Cauvery Management Board as a permanent solution to the dispute.  On the one hand a lot of emotional outburst about how Karnataka does not part with water at all while the view point on the other side is water can be provided after satisfying domestic needs. Through this post we try to find answers for the following questions through historical flow data between 1974 [Read More]

The Cauvery Issue has once again become a Topic of Discussion in the country with the 6 weeks deadline set by the Supreme Court for implementing the “Scheme of Distribution” passing.  The subsequent events indicate how the fortunes of the river is an emotional connect to the people of Tamil Nadu & Karnataka.  We at Chennai Rains blog have been in the past made posts on the changing scenarios and how Prudent Long Term water management is the need of the hour. In this post we try to search for a few answers to this Cauvery Puzzle and possibly a [Read More]

The last week saw Supreme Court pronounce judgement on the Cauvery Dispute which brought possibly will be the start of a formal process to bring an end to a dispute that has been running for many decades.  With the river being a passionate subject not only among the farming community but also the common people of both Tamil Nadu & Karnataka there are always diverging views on how the Supreme Court judgement needs to be viewed. We at Chennai Rains have been highlighting how things have been evolving in the Cauvery Basin over the past year or so with regular [Read More]

Dry weather continues to prevail over Tamil Nadu and rest of Peninsular India with not much change in conditions expected for the next week to ten days.  The last few days have also seen slightly warmer than normal day time weather conditions as well across large parts of the state too.  Similarly the night time conditions are near normal are slightly above normal in the interiors. Similar trend is expected today as well with parts of South Tamil Nadu & Central TN likely to see above normal temperatures during the day time.  Numerical Models indicate most places in these regions [Read More]