
The Battle for the Cauvery River
The Battle for the Cauvery River
<p>A river flows according to the contours of the earth, unmindful of political borders. Yet, the millions of people who depend on its waters live within strict administrative boundaries. Spanning approximately 800 kilometers from its origins at Talakaveri in the Western Ghats of Karnataka down to the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery (also known as Kaveri) is the vital lifeblood of Southern India.</p><p>This episode takes you on a comprehensive, empathetic journey through the physical geography, colonial treaties, post-independence geopolitical shifts, and landmark legal settlements that define the dispute today:</p><p><b>...

