Electricity is dependent on water - hydro-electric power generation. Thermal power also is supplemented. Due to the shortage of water the turbines wont work and hence there is power shortage esp. in summer. The state also borrows it from other grids. When coal production drops there will be shortage too as some thermal plants go idle. But the main fight between neighbours is for water. The River gets born in our state and flows east through the other state and joins the sea. They have not built a dam to store water. And they blame our state for keeping all the water in the dam!! It looks like a child's fight! The govt. also said that some cusecs of water must be released everyday [anyway it is going on] and when it is done, they are unsatisfied. It appears that they are doing this for war, an issue to shout in the Parliament.
This other river from where we are now connected - almost half of Mysuru is now connected - also has a dam, small one. The politicians want to get River cauvery water - good one and also by laying pipes they can 'pocket' huge amounts!
.....while in 'power'. Once the connection, there will be no alternate measures - Cauvery gets disconnected. The dam is 19 kms away from here and Bengaluru [capital of our state] is 140 miles away from here. Rainwater harvesting is encouraged and also made mandatory for new constructions. People flout and ignore the rules and they do not do it as they have misconceptions with rainwater. Most rivers here in the south get to a very low level in the summer, so water is a big issue. It becomes difficult for the authorities to manage.
