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Cauvery

British  
/ ˈkɔːvərɪ /

noun

  1. a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)

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Tushar Girinath, a former chairman of the board, says that phase five of the Cauvery project was expected to meet the city's water needs until 2035-40.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2024

Bengaluru's 15 million people need at least two billion litres of water every day - more than 70% of this comes from the Cauvery river.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2024

Farmers and politicians from Karnataka and the adjoining state of Tamil Nadu have been locked for decades in a legal dispute over sharing the waters of the Cauvery river.

From Reuters Sep. 26, 2023

In 2019, he led a campaign to plant trees along the Cauvery River in southern India that was questioned by activists for promoting an overly simplistic solution that might end up actually damaging the environment.

From Salon Dec. 11, 2022

COMBACONUM, or Kumbakonam, a city of British India, in the Tanjore district of Madras, in the delta of the Cauvery, on the South Indian railway, 194 m. from Madras.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

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