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“This is an unusual, intriguing and insightful book…. [Water] sometimes reads like a detective yarn, where wily old Poirot attempts to unravel the complex chains of events, actions (inactions sometimes) that have led to the present failure of hydrological institution building in India…. This is a useful book, and indeed and important one.” - Progress in Development Studies
“This book will be of interest to the general reader as also to students and academics on the fields of water resources, hydrology, environmental studies and public administration. It will also attract the attention of policy makers and the media.” - CAB Abstracts
Water resources are an issue of ever increasing importance worldwide given rising populations and increasing environmental degradation. Water has also become a divisive issue, both within ...
Chapter 26: Linking of Rivers: Vision or Mirage?
Linking of Rivers: Vision or Mirage?
Preliminary
The book was to have ended with the preceding chapter. The present chapter, which was not initially planned, has been necessitated by certain recent developments. The idea of the ‘linking of rivers’, dormant for a long time, has acquired new prominence now, ...
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