http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2012/10/06/cauvery-river-water-fight-paralyses-bangalore-on-saturday/ Perspectives on South Asian politics Thu, 23 May 2013 10:43:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2012/10/06/cauvery-river-water-fight-paralyses-bangalore-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-25185 Ugottabesick Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/india/?p=6475#comment-25185 Water is a scarce resource. It needs to be used judiciously by downstream states. Why cannot Tamil Nadu pay for the water released by Karnataka and the latter use the funds to popularise rain water harvesting, waste water recycling and even, de-salination plants. We need to work out "out of the box" solutions, if we are to continue enjoying adequate water supplies into the future. Water is a scarce resource. It needs to be used judiciously by downstream states. Why cannot Tamil Nadu pay for the water released by Karnataka and the latter use the funds to popularise rain water harvesting, waste water recycling and even, de-salination plants. We need to work out “out of the box” solutions, if we are to continue enjoying adequate water supplies into the future.

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