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Mahadeyi water row: Karnataka is planting ecological bomb against Goa, says Parrikar

  •   Wed, Aug 02 2017 07:25:16 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
Rupesh Samant

Panaji, Aug 2: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday August 2 said that the Mahadeyi river dispute issue with Karnataka and Maharashtra cannot be handled on party lines as the interest of particular state is involved in it.

Parrikar said that Karnataka is trying to plant “ecological bomb” on Goa through damming of the Mahadeyi river waters upstream.

“There are certain issues that cannot be dealt with the governments based on a party lines. Where there is interest of the State, all the MLAs will have to be together,” the Chief Minister said responding to a Zero Hour mention on the floor of the House today.

Parrikar said that he could try to speak to the Maharashtra counterpart and convince him on the issue. “But it is the dispute so you cannot handle it on the party lines,” the chief minister said.

He said that he himself will also not like to deal this issue on party basis as “it is concerning the interest of Goa.”

As far as Karnataka is concerned, Parrikar said, the state is going to face the elections so there will be lot of up-manship in the State in the run up to the polls.

The Chief minister accused Karnataka of “not telling all the truth”. “We brought this issue before the Water Dispute Tribunal where we proved that Karnataka is not telling all the truth,” he said.

Parrikar said that Mahadeyi (which is known as Mandovi in Goa) has 78 per cent of its basin in Goa. “Of total all the river basins in Goa, 47 per cent is that of Mahadeyi,” he said.

He stated that the damming the water upstream will increase salinity in the rivers of state and also ecologically affect the areas up to Western Ghat. “This is ecological bomb that Karnataka is planting in the forms of dams,” the Chief minister said on the floor of the House.

Claiming that Goa government has designed certain strategies to tackle the water dispute, Parrikar refused to reveal them in public. He alleged that when it comes to water, Karnataka has problem with several states as the state (Karnataka) is not interested in understanding how best the water can be used.
  

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Thu, Aug 03 2017

    All these years BJP is using water crisis of Tamil Nadu - Karnataka for political gains. Since former CM Jayalalitha was politically assassinated Kaveri is dried down for ever.
    In other hand poor farmers from Tamil Nadu are nude protesting in Delhi with skeletons of dead farmers. Flood affected Gujarat offered Rs 500 crores instantaneously. Nearly 1.5 lakh crores of farm loan is waived of in BJP ruled state of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

    When Congress in demanding the right of Kannadigas for dry and barren Northern Karnataka once which is feeling the 'Cauvery' in 'Mandovi'.
    Unlike BJP resorted for riots for water in Bangalore,Mysore and Mandya, Congress is demanding rights of its Kannadigas legally.
    Water is right of every living being need to be respected not politicized.

    Jai Hind

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  • Karthik Karkera, Maryhill Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 02 2017

    Well done Parrikar, you are fighting for Goa and it's environment. As you said Damming the water upstream will increase the salinity of the river and ecological affect the state. The same thing is happening with Nethravathi but no one is bothered. Once water is lifted upstream from Yettinahole then salinity of Nethravathi will increase due to reduced flow to sea. This will greatly affect the ecology around the river basin, well water will turn saline around the river.

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 02 2017

    Get ready Chaddis a new fantastic career opportunity is coming your way "Water Vigilantes". A brain child of brainless ex-kicked out defence minister!!!???.

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  • Ricky, Udupi

    Wed, Aug 02 2017

    You are really dumb....

    Read properly. He was so unbiased mentioning that "There are certain issues that cannot be dealt with the governments based on a party lines".

    Karnataka failed to to that with neighboring states, as well as within the state itself with Netravathi.

    You know only paint communal to everything.

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