TN ~ separate statehood ?

agriculture
we in tamilnadu depend mostly on groud water and the monsoon rains for the agriculture. with depleting ground water level, the agriculte seems to be more dependent on the rainwater. govt initiative towards rain water harvesting in tamilnadu seems to a right move in right direction. with very few monsoon fed rivers, cauvery, vaigai & palar, the agriculture turns to be a very risky business.
with a separte statehood, will it be possible for us to get water from karnataka. even now, with so much of pressure from centre and supreme court order we find impossible to solve cauvery water dispute. with so much of our state dependent on agriculate, will it be possible to survive on our own.
even chennai awaits krishna water from andra for their drinking water. even the desallination plant proposed for chennai is CENTRAL GOVT funded.
education :
we do have lot of good institutes in tamilnadu. but after a separate stood hood, we would have 1 anna university, 1 IIT, 1 REC. only three institues where are broadly recognized. and two out of the three are CENTRAL GOVT funded. we would have to again look at INDIA for IIMs. will a small government be able to fund these institutes from now on?
electricity :
very few states in india has surplus power and lucking tamilnadu is one of them. thanks to lot of PSUs and atmoic power stations in tamilnadu. NLC is the main supplier of electricity not only for tamilnadu but also for most of the south indian states. we have atmoic power stations at Kalkappam, chennai & kudankulam, tirunelveli. all of them central govt funded.
being a seperate state, we cant even think of maintaining these power station not only bcz of the cost involved but also bcz of the geopolitical situation and the risk involved in nuclear reactions. The international pressure on Iran is a live example.
economy :
'size does matter'. we now see our GDP growing at around 8%. indian market is too big for any one to ignore. with over a 1 billion population we could have our say in the world politics. BRIC countries are dictating the policies of the WTOs.
the dream canal project, sethusamudhram, would cost the exchequer 25000 cr. this would be great boon for the costal regions of tamilnadu. tuticorin could now easily get itself transfored to a international hub. the point is that we gain more from being together.
chennai is becoming a dream location not only for services industry but also for all manufacturing industries, say from autocomponents to electrical accessories not just bcz of the govt policies and the accessibility of the port but bcz of the big, unexplored domestic market. chennai would lose its great adv. in case of a seperate statehood.

even in case of natural disaster, we would need to look at some one else for help. dec 26, 2004 should help us realize this. we were not only able to come out of that black day , but were able to help out indonesia & srilanka...
we are also not free from regional terrorism. LTTE still has an upper hand in srilanka. It wont take much time for them to influence TN. naxalite is also becoming a bigger problem today. It would always be better to be part of our mother India.

we were lucky enough to be brought up well by our mother at the cost of our siblings. now its not fare to leave them halfway and move away looking for greaner pastures. its how we help them from now on lies the crux.