NARAYAN Fatu Naik was the lone person wandering around near a gorge excavated at the village of Kanakumbi where the waters of the Kalasa, a tributary of the Mhadei are being diverted to the Malaprabha in Belgaum district in Karnataka.
Naik has lost 7.5 acres to the project. Other families have also lost their fields. But even as they seethe with anger a much bigger battle is taking place between Karnataka and Goa.
The Mhadei, which is also known as the Mandovi, begins in Karnataka but flows into Goa. It is the lifeline of Goa. Diversion of the. . .