Water pollution and related cases

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Flow of the Presentation

Key Issues

Introductionto Cases

Learningsfrom Cases

PoSo


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Radicalparticipatorydemocratic

politics

Phenomenonof NGOs

State andcommunity

together (PIM)

Decentralisationof State

Role back thestate mandated

by agenda ofeconomic reforms

Framework


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Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Whose wateris it anyway?

Is water

market needed

for efficient

allocation?

Do institutions

play any role in

governance of

groundwater?

Key Issues


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We bring some solutions.

Different-ial

Pricing

Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Dejury-

Common

Whose water

is it anyway?

Defacto-

Private

Yes, but

withoutprofit

motive!

Is water

market neededfor efficient

allocation?

Multi-stake

holder

perspective

Do institutions

play any role in

governance of

groundwater


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Key Issues

Not defined

De jury- CommonProperty

De facto- PrivateProperty

PropertyRights

No

Installed capacity -2million litres waterper day

Water Market Regulated by

Panchayat &

Managed by

Insti


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Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Whose water

is it anyway?

Is water

market needed

for efficient

allocation?

Do institutions

play any role in

governance of

groundwater?

Questions Revisited


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Whose Water is it anyway?

Under Indian easement act of 1882, The right of groundwater is linked to rsupported by legal construction

State as an eminent domain has power over natural resources

The British Colonisers introduced the concept of eminent domain of theresources which were unclaimed or not used

These laws still remain as statutory laws and constitute the framework for


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The water supply and sanitation infrastructAccra-Ghana is insufficient, especially in rur

Only 25% receive continuous watersupply

Share of wastewater collected is only10%

Lack of clean drinking sanitation cause 70% o


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Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Whose water

is it anyway?

Is water

market needed

for efficient

allocation?

Do institutions

play any role in

governance of

groundwater?

Questions Revisited


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Participatory water governance: A potential model?

Elected gender balanced water &sanitation boards

Water dialogues & community

management

Water tariffs cover O&M costs; Pay-as-you-fetch

Success in halving the proportion of its population without access to

sources, in advance of the 2015 Millennium Development Goal!


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A case of tribal villages in Waya


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Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Whose water

is it anyway?

Is water

market needed

for efficient

allocation?

Do institutionsplay any role in

governance of

groundwater?

Questions Revisited


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A case of Malikpur village, Uttar Pr

Water Level went down,


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Water Pricing -120 Rs/hour

Water g

inch dia

95% people

have

tubewells

Water

(earlie

is 60 ft

Kaali River- 2kms away,

Amrauli, jhushinagar, singhpur,

kachpurva, 12 months

that is why they use tube

wells

Seenchpal-allot people to use

the water according to

numbers


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Participatory Irrigation Management

Proper allocation of water price,

No disputes so far regarding water

Seenchpal of that area ensures the availability of wateveryone as and when needed

PIMs:


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Could pricing

had been the

solution?

Whose water

is it anyway?

Is water

market needed

for efficient

allocation?

Do institutionsplay any role in

governance of

groundwater?

Questions Revisited

W kin T ds b tt f t


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Working Towards a better futu

New legalframework

Ensure effectiveregulation of large-

scale groundwateruse

All farmers (and morebroadly groundwaterusers) benefit frombetter groundwater

availability in the longrun restricting

overexploitation bylarge users that

threatens access bythe majority of small

users.


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To Recapitulate..

Whose water is itanyway?

Collective ownership of tubewells

Could pricing had beenthe solution?

Instead of collecting taxes,water should be charged at aparticular price

The water prices should beguided by the villagecommittee and not by the

individual owners

Was water marketneeded for efficientallocation?

To resolve the contradictoryinterests of the state and thepeople

Do instrole in ground

Multi-s

The comthe wat

Solutiodemocdemoc

No provGW str


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Looking towards a sustainable fu

Shifting people farm to off farm livelihood

Incentives to operating costs should be m

Strong promotion of water saving technolo

Reducing Transaction Costs

Life is filled with unanswered


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Life is filled with unansweredquestions, but it is the couragetoseek those answers that continuesto give meaning to life. You canspend your life wallowingindespair, wondering why you were

the one who was led towards theroad strewn with pain, or you canbe gratefulthat you are strongenough to survive it.

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