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Wayanad’s border villages are facing a worsening water crisis as the Kabani runs low after a severe rainfall deficit, pushing leaders to seek urgent state action and long-term irrigation measures.
Severe drought and water scarcity in Pulpally and Mullankolly are destroying crops like paddy and coffee. Farmers face deep distress as failed monsoons deplete the Kabani River, threatening acute drinking shortages.
A 32-year-old bridge project connecting Kerala and Karnataka, stalled by bureaucracy and environmental hurdles, is seeing renewed hope following Priyanka Gandhi's intervention, with central funds contingent on a joint state consent letter.
Heavy rain in Wayanad boosted Kabini river flows, easing Karnataka-Tamil Nadu water disputes and reviving the Cauvery for farming and drinking water supply.
Once the season begins, the rain-swollen Kabani teems with large shoals of fish leaping through the muddy waters, a spectacle that attracts fishing enthusiasts from near and far.
Wayanad faces a severe summer water crisis as the Kabani River runs dry, impacting 20,000 households.
The forest department calls Kuruva, which is a group of small islands in the Kabani River, home to rare species of flora and fauna and wild orchids.
The origin of the CWDT was in 1990 when Tamil Nadu raised its claims for a major share of the waters of the River Cauvery, which flows the longest stretch through the state.
Heavy downpours have resulted in the early migration of inland freshwater fish varieties from the Beechanahalli Dam of Karnataka to the Kabani.
A crocodile was spotted at Chekkalloor near Panamaram in Wayanad.
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