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Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They
are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and
mechanisms to govern the use of water resources. Based on the
premise that understanding and documenting different types of water
conflict cases in all their complexity would contribute to informed
public debate and facilitate their resolution, Forum for Policy
Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, a collaborative initiative of
the WWF project 'Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment',
documented a number of such case studies. One of its kind in India,
this book brings together an impressive sixty-three case studies -
summarized status of the conflicts, the issues involved and their
current position - and gives us a glimpse into 'the million
revolts' that are brewing around water. While recognizing that each
conflict is a microcosm of wider conflicts, the editors have
classified these cases into eight broad themes that try to capture
the dominant aspect of the conflict. These are: contending water
uses; dams and displacement; equity-access-allocations; micro-level
conflicts; water quality; trans-boundary conflicts; privatization;
sand excavation and mining. With a mix of academics and activists
as contributors, the book makes an important contribution to a new
discourse on water in general, and water conflicts and conflict
resolution in particular.
Water conflicts in India have now percolated to every level. They
are aggravated by the relative paucity of frameworks, policies and
mechanisms to govern the use of water resources. Based on the
premise that understanding and documenting different types of water
conflict cases in all their complexity would contribute to informed
public debate and facilitate their resolution, Forum for Policy
Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, a collaborative initiative of
the WWF project 'Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment',
documented a number of such case studies. One of its kind in India,
this book brings together an impressive sixty-three case studies -
summarized status of the conflicts, the issues involved and their
current position - and gives us a glimpse into 'the million
revolts' that are brewing around water. While recognizing that each
conflict is a microcosm of wider conflicts, the editors have
classified these cases into eight broad themes that try to capture
the dominant aspect of the conflict. These are: contending water
uses; dams and displacement; equity-access-allocations; micro-level
conflicts; water quality; trans-boundary conflicts; privatization;
sand excavation and mining. With a mix of academics and activists
as contributors, the book makes an important contribution to a new
discourse on water in general, and water conflicts and conflict
resolution in particular.
The proposed Polavaram dam, located in Godavari delta, is part of
the major irrigation expansion programme of the Government of
Andhra Pradesh, which includes 26 projects with an outlay of Rs.
46,000 crores ($10 billion). Controversies around major water
infrastructure projects are not new in India, Polavaram being no
exception. As river disputes in India are bound to take centre
stage of national politics, and environmental issues are set to
dominate public agenda in coming years, Polavaram project is sure
to engage the attention of both common man and
intellectuals/activists. ""Perspectives on Polavaram"" provides a
platform to articulate diverse views on this mega irrigation
project. This book is an effort to establish an informed dialogue
on Polavaram based on mutual respect. Comprising contributions by
eminent people from a wide cross section of the society and
representing different interest groups, this 'first of its kind'
publication attempts to bring together various perspectives on the
Polavaram project.
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