Cauvery Vs Baglihar

Sharing of natural resources has always been a major cause of disputes between neighbouring states and when the resource is water then it is definitely a major cause of concern. Recently India witnessed two major verdicts in this water share issue. One was within the land and the with its arch rival Pakistan.
Within the land the dispute was between Karnatka and Tamil Nadu with both the states fighting over Cauvery water. The dispute is over 100 years old with agreements held between them as back as 1892 and 1924. With the spiralling tension between both the states the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal was constituted on June 2, 1990. When the tribunal gave its interim verdict on June 25,1991, directing Karnataka to release 205 tmcft each year to Tamil Nadu, there was widescale violence in Karnataka. Again when the final verdict was awarded on 5th Feb, 2007 Karnataka witnessed widespread protest against it. The cause of resentment is the 192 tmcft of water that Karnataka has to release for Tamil Nadu at Billigundulu . The Tribunal has taken all the cases into consideration before awarding this final verdict with an option to disribute the water proportionately if there is shortage of water in a water year(June 1 to May 31). But the two neighbours instead of co-operating with each other are fighting over the issue whose solution could not be evolved in the past 100 years.
On the other hand a few days later after this verdict there was also the verdict given by the World Bank's neutral expert Raymond Lafitte. The row is over Baglihar dam that India is building on Chenab river. The world bank turned down Pakistan's contention the the dam would violate the Indus water treaty but also suggested India to reduce the height of the dam and in the process both the parties seemed to be satisfied with the verdict. Definitely it suggest the strong confidence building measure between India and Pakistan whose relationship is improving due to the efforts from both the sides.
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu should emulate this example and compromise with the situation to build an healthier relationship between them