The social drama unwinding in the state of Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu over Cauvery are curtain raisers of tomorrow. It betrays the widely held
belief that social accommodation is an increasingly accepted urban norm in today's
word. Benguluru and Chennai, both claim to be cosmopolitan cities. Both are
racing against time to become smart cities. But when it comes to sharing resource,
monopolization and barbarism continues to reign. The drama that is unfurling at multiple
locations across the two states are just curtain raisers of tomorrow.
These expose the fragility or non-existence of global change
adaptation strategies that we have in India. They remain confined to higher
level curricular deliberations. Social systems have started to exert more than
acceptable voice in shaping global bio-physical
systems. It is high time that corruption is added to the list of factors that
drive global change processes.
I am referring to cobwebs in development. In December 2015,
it led to precipitation of probabilities at Chennai (http://envinfoiiitmk.blogspot.in/2015/12/precipitation-of-probabilities.html).
Despite receiving millennial rain six months ago, the state
of Tamil Nadu is dry again. What does these point to? Is anyone bothered? Does
either Tamil Nadu or Karnataka (or any state in India) have any plan in ground
to deal with the scenario of Cauvery (or other lifelines) going dry?
Prolonged drying or unpredictable seasonal drying of rivers is
a highly likely probability to happen in less than 4000 days. What will
Karnataka do if inter-district fury gets enacted in sharing of Cauvery water?
On more than one instance, it was reiterated that, Cultural
Empathy is the Key to Sustainable development. An earlier piece had outlined how
our Education can become Transformative.
Does e Governance or m Governance have
anything to offer? It is difficult to say whether these are outcomes of inabilities
to prioritize and balance development or insensible Governance. As an
individual, I can only hope for Sensible Governance.
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