This escalation and de-escalation part will subsume the other four features of a social

conflict: usefulness, destructions, transformation, and contested social constructions. In this

process per se we will see how a conflict emerges, escalates, de-escalates, and how do the
results of an outcome lead to another conflict.
CHRONOLOGICALLY ASSESSING THE ESCLATION AND DE-ESCALATION OF
CAUVERY DISPUTE: -

19th century:

Bases: Scarcity of resources in

both Mysore and Madras
presidency, and integration.
1924:

The agreement of 1924 1892:

between the two parties
helped in de- escalation of the De- escalation: 1892
conflict as the asymmetries Agreement stated that
Pre- independence Karnataka must obtain the
jbbb as water was
were reduced
allocated to both states on the consent of Tamil Nadu for
basis of population and any construction on the river.
historical use of Cauvery
water.

Reasons for escalation:
Expansion of issue (as Mysore decided
to build a dam i.e., against the
agreement), and asymmetry (as
Madras was eventually denied of its
share of Cauvery water).
1910: Bases
Scarcity, and integration, and
distribution of domination capacities
because overlooking the agreement of
1893, Karnataka decided to build a
dam on Cauvery.