When it rains , it pours

Very unusual post this is. Yes, posting about surplussing of water in chennai and Tamil Nadu is not an everyday occurrance.There is water released from Andhra and it is overflowing in Kandaleru.The farmers along the canal in Andhra pradesh are not busy tapping off from the banks; reason is obvious; they have copious supplies themselves and dont need to siphon off water illegally.So water from telugu ganga is crossing Kandaleru and pouring into Poondi. Some time back it used to be a big joke about telugu ganga water reaching Chennai. Everyday newspapers will announce that high level talks with chief minister/water ministers/water secretaries of both the states have agreed to release water. But the same story will be rehashed for days on end with some photos now and then.But not a drop of water will enter Tamil Nadu. A new word was coined; zero point. water has reached zero point headlines will scream.But still no water to poondi reservoir. We were told there were seepages along the canal(isnt it a basic requirement of any canal, that it should convey water to the destination and not allow seepages.)Various excuses were given;farmers were siphoning off the water; the parched lands in Tamil nadu has soaked up the water... so on and so forth. It was almost like a crime thriller!
In this background, read the post from the beginning to 'soak' in the happy tidings.Veeranam lake has also received copious waters from catchment areas.Excess water stands released from mettur reservoir and all along the canal,flood alert has been sounded. Arey, flood alert along mettur, not heard of for a while.Karnataka and tamil nadu governments used to have interesting meetings to agree to release 1 cubic cc of water to mettur not so long back; Sambha crop is withering;it will be terribly late for kuruvai crop used to be the pleas from tamil nadu. Like sholay's amjad khan, "are oh sambha and are oh kuruvai" were not potent weapons in the hands of the state!what a pity.
So to cut a long story short, there is water water everywhere and lots to drink!Chennai is experiencing wet spells.Travelling is a pain.So dont travel, curl up with a crime thriller, lots of fried verkadalai and order for garam chai.BLISS