Water Conflicts in India: A Million Revolts in the Making

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Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction: A Million Revolts in the Making: Understanding Water Conflicts in India
I CONTENDING WATER USES: A REVIEW
	1. Choking the Largest Wetlands in South India: The Thanneermukkom Bund
	2. Biodiversity Versus Irrigation : The Case of Keoladeo National Park
	3. Politics, Water and Forests in the Himalayas: Crisis in the Gagas River Basin
	4. The Ithai Barrage in Manipur: A Lake in Trouble
	5. Rural Needs or Tourism: The Use of Groundwater in Goa
	6. Social Undercurrents in a Gujarat Village: Irrigation for the Rich Versus Drinking Water for the Poor
	7. Whose is the Chilika? Fishing in Troubled Waters
	8. Bridge over the Brahmaputra: Unleashing Nature's Fury
	9. Unequal Power, Unequal Contracts and Unexplained Resistance: The Case of the Peri-Urban Areas of Chennai
	10. Rural Livelihoods, Urban Needs: Diversion of Water from the Ganga Canal
II EQUITY, ACCESS AND ALLOCATIONS: A REVIEW
	11. Water Users in the Bhavani River Basin in Tamil Nadu: Conflict among New and Old Ayacutdars
	12. Rehabilitating the Keezhparikkalpet in Pondicherry: Bore-well Owners Give in to Farmers
	13. Diverting Nar-Par-Damanganga to Tapi-Godavari: Linking Rivers or Lurking Conflicts?
	14. The Collapse of Phad System in the Tapi Basin: A River Strains to Meet Farmers' Needs
	15. Tembu Lift Irrigation in the Krishna River Basin: Conflict over Equitable Distribution of Water
	16. Tail-End Discrimination in an Irrigation Project in Maharashtra: Quota Reductions for the Palkhed Left Bank Canal
	17. Mahad to Mangaon: Eighty Years of Caste Discrimination: What Caste is Water?
	18. A Dialogue Along the Jholapuri River, Coastal Gujarat: Addressing Water and Gender Conflicts through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
	19. Groundwater Irrigation in Northern Gujarat: Digging Deep for Answers
	20. Problems at the Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan: Conflict over Reduced Water Allocation
III WATER QUALITY CONFLICTS: A REVIEW
	21. A Toxic Hotspot on the River Periyar in Kerala: Corporate Crimes in God's Own Country
	22. Bidding Farewell to Grasim: Lessons that Remain Unlearnt
	23. Noyyal River Basin: Water, Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink
	24. Conflict over Water Pollution in the Palar Basin: The Need for New Institutions
	25. A Factory in a Paddy Field in Pondicherry: Is Berger Paints Polluting Pandasozhanallur?
	26. The Arkavati Sub-Basin in Karnataka: Industrial Pollution Versus Rural Livelihood Systems
	27. Pollution in Hootgalli Village, Mysore
	28. Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary: Pollution Through Aqua Culture
	29. Pollution of the Musi in Andhra Pradesh: River Metamorphoses into Drain
	30. Water Turns to Sludge in Kolhapur: Villagers Ransack Industrial Unit
	31. Unclogging the Khari River in Ahmedabad: Stakeholders Come Together to Halt Pollution
	32. Bridging the GAP in Kanpur Ganga: The Failure of Monitoring Agencies
IV MINING RIPARIAN HEALTH: A REVIEW
	33. Sand Mining in Coastal Tamil Nadu: A Threat to Local Irrigation Sources
	34. Sand Mining in Papagani Catchment in Karnataka: Groundwater Depletion in Andhra Pradesh
	35. The Baliraja Memorial Dam on Yerala River in Maharashtra: A Case for Sustainable Utilisation of Natural Resources
	36. Mining and the Nandanvara Dam in Madhya Pradesh: When the State Turns Against its People
V MICRO-LEVEL WATER CONFLICTS: A REVIEW
	37. Morathodu Irrigation Scheme in the Chalakudy River Basin: A Dream Turns into a Nightmare
	38. A Gravity Dam in Paschim Midnapur District, West Bengal: Missing the Wood for the Trees
	39. The Bahoor Cluster of Irrigation Tanks in Pondicherry: Usufruct Sharing between the Dalit Hamlet and the Main Village
	40. Conflict over Tank-bed Cultivation in Karnataka: Command Area Farmers and 'Official' Encroachers
	41. Head Versus Tail: Conflict in a Tank Command in Karnataka
	42. Kudregundi Halla Tank: Seepage Water and Competing Needs
	43. The Dharmasagar Tank in Warangal: Crops Versus People
	44. Lava Ka Baas Traditional Water Harvesting Structure: The Community behind 'Community'
	45. Ubeshwarji Ka Nala: Inter-Village Water Conflict in Rural Rajasthan
	46. Shapin River Basin in Jharkhand: The Failure of Community Institutions
VI DAMS AND DISPLACEMENT: A REVIEW
	47. The Dam That Was Never Built: The Pulichintala Project on the Krishna River
	48. The Polavaram Project on River Godavari: Major Losses, Minor Gains
	49. Kolhapur's Uchangi Dam: Disputes over Height and Alternatives
	50. People's Struggle in the Narmada Valley: Quest for Just and Sustainable Development
	51. Alternative Restructuring of the Sardar Sarovar Project: Breaking the Deadlock
	52. Haribad Minor Irrigation Project in Madhya Pradesh: How Multiple Conflicts Overlap
	53. Struggle over Reservoir Rights in Madhya Pradesh: The Tawa Fishing Cooperative and the State
	54. The Tehri Dam Project: A Saga of Shattered Dreams
	55. The Stalled Bhilangna Micro Hydel Project: Community Protests over Infringement of Right
VII TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICTS: A REVIEW
	56. The Jhanjhavati Medium Irrigation Project: Inter-state Conflict Due to Submergence
	57. Telugu Ganga Project: Water Rights and Conflicts
	58. The Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal: Bogged Down by Politics and Litigation
	59. Two Neighbours and a Treaty: Baglihar Project in Hot Waters
	60. The Indo-Bangladesh Water Conflict: Sharing the Ganga
VIII PRIVATISATION: A REVIEW
	61. Coke Versus the People at Plachimada: The Struggle over Water Continues
	62. People's Struggles for Water Rights over Kelo River Waters
	63. A River becomes Private Property: The Role of the Chhattisgarh Government
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