VIDEH UPADHYAY
Counsel, Delhi Pollution Control Committee

I met an angry farmer recently in the interiors of what a brown paper calls a

This article looks at the emerging policy context on irrigation and drinking water supply in Jharkhand, the position of water rights in state legislation, the importance of water user groups, the critical issues of access to water for both the rural and the urban poor and the legal implications.
 

And not ape the disaster management laws of other nations

The fundamental right to water intends to alleviate suffering. It fails miserably to meet its intention. Feel the lives of those who suffer and see it with the way law in this area operates. Then bear the pain. You will see that it will hurt more

Intention and execution are not always related. That s the Swajaldhara lesson. Swajaldhara is a national level rural water supply scheme that seeks to put in place a people oriented, decentralised and demand driven water management regime. To this end, it

Is industry hijacking the law to undermine communities rights to water?