With a reverse osmosis treatment plant, an Andhra Pradesh village will now need to pay for what is their right. It is water capitalism through state policy, Uma Maheshwari argues in a two-part article With all its limitations and loopholes, the community water tap in a village existed because people had a right to safe drinking water. And the government was duty-bound to provide it.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/water-price
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-water-supply
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh