Thread by @jamewils

I will do a blog post on the history behind the PAP Agreement,

Many view and interpret this agt like those proverbial blindmen describing the elephant!

Many put onus on Achutha Menon Ministry to sign it w/o understanding it was the culmination of EMS 56 & 69, PTP 60 Ministries

Best of TN and KER invested a lot of energy behind the Agt.

Nehru, Krishnamachari, EMS & Kamaraj, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer & C. Subramanian of TN, Pattom Thanupillai, Karunanidhi, Er. U. Ananda Rao, Er. Kuttiammu, Er. V. Ranganthan, Er. P.H. Vaidyanathan

There was heavy bargain from both States, independent expert studies, combined expert studies, even both States at a point slipped into the verge of arbitration, it is a wonderful project.

I always enjoy working here & I always got the best co-operation from TN Engineers.

None of the inter state agreements entered with a false belief that Kerala or Travancore is having abundant water.

They made better bargains than we can imagine and ensured a fair share or compensation, at that point of time.

In hindsight, we rush to conjectures!

Most difficult part of dealing with inter state waters in the last two decades, is HOW TO UNLEARN MANY MYTHS, I learn new new things, while I shed my misconceptions got from reading or listening to the ones who only wrote fantasy tales. :)