Dams/ Irrigation

The manufacture of popular perceptions of scarcity: Dams and water-related narratives in Gujarat, India

This paper critically examines some narratives of water scarcity in Kutch, western India. It argues that images of dwindling rainfall and increasing drought largely serve to legitimize the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam and manufacture dominant perceptions concerning scarcity. This manufacture has naturalized scarcity in the region and largely benefits powerful actors such as politicians, industrialists and large farmers. But the needs of the poor in water-limited areas are neglected.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2001
Lyla Mehta
World Development
29
12
2025-2041
Tags:
Dams, Gujarat, Water Demand, Water Distribution, Narmada Valley Project, Water Management, Watershed Development, Kuchchh, Politics, Rainfall, Drought, Deforestation, Groundwater
India

 Lax attitude

the Karnataka government has failed to effectively implement the provisions of the Water Pollution Act, claims a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ( cag ). The report

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pollution Control, Water Pollution, Groundwater, India
India

 EGYPT

Groundwater levels below the Karnak temple complex situated in the town of Luxor have risen alarmingly. Experts say that this could result in the crumbling or sinking of the complex, which was

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Drinking Water, Egypt
Health

 Arsenic threat in Bengal

groundwater contaminated by arsenic has been found in Rajarhat area of West Bengal during testing done by the School of Environment Studies ( ses ) of Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Out of

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Arsenic, West Bengal
India

 There is never enough water

Kerala today has such a high population density that its total per capita rainwater availability is less than that of dry Rajasthan

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
10
20010815
6
Tags:
Western Ghats, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Kerala, Rainfall
India

 The relation between tanks and trees

For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Deep Narayan Pandey
Down to Earth
10
20010815
0
Tags:
Ecology, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Deforestation, Trees, Economy, Traditional Knowledge, India, Madhya Pradesh, Forest Management
Industry

 VANISHING LAKES

The Gujarat high court has ordered the Ahmedabad's civic authorities to recharge the city's lakes for increasing groundwater level. Ahmedabad had 204 lakes in 1960, but now only 130 are left,

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Lakes, Groundwater, Legislation, NGO, Ahmedabad (D)
Agriculture

 More shocks

The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Irrigation, NGO, Gujarat
Water Resources

 Need to save Goa s lifelines

Goa s water security depends on nine rivers considered to be the state s economic veins

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
10
20010630
0
Tags:
Estuaries, Wetlands, Water Resources, Surface Water, Rivers, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Legislation, Goa, Karnataka
India

 Only on paper

in the face of the worsening

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Harvesting, India, Delhi

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