Shut and dried

In India, there is an inextricable link between water and politics. This was very much in evidence recently when the opposition walked out in the Karnataka assembly over the proposed privatisation of Bangalore’s water supply system. Water tariff had earlier been hiked steeply in the city to pave the way for the transference of control. Ironically, the legislators’ protest was staged despite a partial rollback. Pockmarked by such bottlenecks, the deal