POLITICS-OF-WATER

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A monthly Review of clippings on Critical Issues & Concerns for NGOs, Activists
and others concerned with Justice & Social Change
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POLITICS OF WATER
April 2008	Anti-Cola activists begin indefinite hunger strike, New Indian Express, 23 Apr 2008 Don't Water it down, The Business Standard, Bombay, 15 Apr 2008 UP plans Act to regulate water use by cola firms, SIDDHARTH KALHANS, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 11 Apr 2008 A pitcherful of poison: India's water woes set to get worse, Sujata Dutta Sachdeva, The Times of India, Mumbai, 13 Apr 2008 Water, Water Everywhere?, Shantanu Guha Ray, Tehelka Magazine, 19 Apr 2008 Environmental Flows for Indian Rivers: The Need and the Urgency, Parineeta Dandekar, India Water Portal, 24 Apr 2008 H₂O Let free its flow, Saikat Datta and Anuradha Raman, Outlook Magazine, 07 Apr 2008 Choppy waters, Ranjan K Panda, Down to Earth, Magazine, 30 Apr 2008
December 2007	Water Year '07 fails to draw, Anand Reddy, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 26 Dec 2007 Rs 1,000 Crore? A River Is Yours, Saikat Dutta, Outlook Magazine, 17 Dec 2007 30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water, Richard Mahapatra & Ranjan Panda, Down To Earth Magazine, 31 Dec 2007
October 2007	Planning Commission report, S V Suresh Babu, Down to Earth Magazine, 15 Oct 2007 Ministry to follow plan, C. Anand Reddy, The Asian Age, Bombay, 01 Oct 2007
September 2007	Plan panel sounds groundwater alert , Chetan Chauhan, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 19 Sep 2007 In troubled waters ,The Business Standard, Bombay, 18 Sep 2007 Coca-Cola to replace water used by 2009, Sonal Kellogg, The Asian Age, Bombay, 09 Sep 2007
July 2007	Deepening crisis, Aman Sethi, FRONTLINE MAGAZINE, 14 JUL 2007 Averting a water crisis, THE HINDU, MADRAS, 09 JUL 2007 Groundwater rights: fluid, archaic regulations do not afford clarity, Garima Bharati, MINT, BOMBAY, 02 JUL 2007 Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water, S V Suresh Babu, DOWN TO EARTH MAGAZINE, 31 JUL 2007
March 2007	World's top 10 rivers at risk: WWF report,The Hindu, Madras, 21 March 2007 India headed for severe water crisis: Expert,The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 29 March 2007
February 2007	Cauvery: Beyond sharing of water . Praveen Bhargav, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 28 February 2007 Lacking in rationale K Subramanya, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 13 February 2007 TN WILL FACE CRISIS, WARN EXPERTS, P C Vinoj Kumar, Tehelka Magazine, 24 February 2007 Water strikes the poor says a report on water-related disasters Down to Earth Magazine, 15 February 2007
January 2007	Will Water be a scarce Resource in the Future? Sandeep Pandey, Grassroots Newsletter, 01 January 2007 Centre declares 2007 as Water Year C.Anand Reddy, The Asian Age, Bombay, 08 January 2007 World is running out of water, says UN adviser Randeep Ramesh, Guardian Unlimited, 22 January 2007
March 2006	The 4th World Wa ter Forum, 16th-22nd March 2006, http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/worldwater4/ 4th World Water Forum Ministerial Declaration, Mexico City, 22 March 2006 Privatisation cloaked as concessions and decentralisation?, Nitya Jacob, Infochange Website, 29th March 2006 World Water Forum: privatisation no longer the mantra, Kala Vijayraghavan, Infochange Website, 24th March 2006 India's water scene grim: UN, Toufiq Rashid, Indian Express, Bombay, 10th March 2006 Water not declared a ‘human right’ at Fourth World Water Forum, Toufiq Rashid, Infochange Website, 30th March 2006 Making water a basic right, The Hindu, Madras, 29th March 2006 Ray of hope, Indira Khurana, Sahara Time, 25th March 2006
April 2006	A watered-down culture, Darryl D' Monte, The Hindu, Madras, 2nd April 2006 Thirst for profit, P. Sainath, Frontline Magazine, 21st April 2006 What a waste, Down to Earth Magazine, 15th April 2006 `India doesn't face a water crisis, but a crisis in managing water', Rajiv Tikoo, The Financial Express, Bombay, 9th April 2006 Trickle-down theory, Barun Mitra, The Hindustan Times, Delhi, 22nd March 2006 Orissa NGO honoured for making sense of water, Ravikiran Deshmukh, Mumbai Mirror, 4th April 2006
February 2006	Drinking water: PM unveils strategy, The Indian Express, Bombay, 1st Feb 2006 Bottled water costlier than petrol, yet consumption up 57%: study, Infochange Website, 21st Feb 2006 'Water Valued Only When Priced', Frances Suselo, Mbmamahan2focusweb.org, 14th Feb 2006 World Social Forum, Caracas, 2006 Social Movements' Declaration on Water, 27th Jan 2006
January 2006	World Social Forum, Caracas, 2006 Social movements Declaration on water

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