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Water at a price [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2009
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Rural Water Supply [3], Drinking Water Scarcity [4], Andhra Pradesh [5]
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