CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgements xiii PART I WATER POLICY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Democratisation of Water : Concept, Status and Issues 3 B.K Thapliyal and others The Right to Water Towards Democratisatiffli and Participatory Governance 26 C.R. Bijoy Pathway to the Water Democracy in India 43 H.M. Desarda Rising Population, Water Scarcity and Conflicts in Rural India 62 S.S.P. Sharma National Water Policy Options on Interlinking of Rivers- Dimensions and Issues 88 V Madhava Rao, R.R. Herman, P. Keshav Rao Inequity in Water Distribution and Interventions towards security 97 T.K Giri & Upadhyaya Irrigation, Water Management and Drought Risks in Orissa: Some Policy Issues 107 B.K. Sahu 8 Water Resources Planning through Non-Conventional Methods : A Study on Inter-basin Transfers in Peninsular India 134 D. Rudrappan 9 Decentralised Management of Water Resources Strategies for Sustainable Development in N E Region 143 N. Upadhyaya & T.K. Giri 10 Sustainable Approaches to Water Resources Management 157 R. Murugesan 11 Conflict Resolution and Institutional Arrangements for Trans Boarder Rivers: A Case of Kosi Basin 169 NMP Verma 12 Legal Regime of Ground Water in India 181 Sujit Koonan 13 Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sewerage : An African Perspective 203 Reto Theonen PART II MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION 14 Development and Management of Irrigation Water 225 S.K. Rau 15 Democratizing Irrigation Management and Reforming Water Pricing System in India 241 Mamta Swain 16 Participatory Irrigation Management in India-Policy and Practice 264 Deepak Kumar Das 17 Minor Irrigation in Andhra Pradesh- Equity and Other Issues 295 Rahul A. Shastri 18 Economic and Institutional Aspects of Irrigation-Water Rates in Andhra Pradesh 309 U. Hemanth Kumar 19 Pricing of Canal Irrigation and Service Delivery-An Empirical Study in Fatewadi Canal Command Area in Gujarat 343 Sonal Bhatt 20 Institutional Mechanism for Traditional and Modern Practices in the Maintenance and Water Management of Irrigation 365 V. Ragupathy 21 Tank Irrigation in India: Status, Trends and Issues 383 A. Narayanamoorty 22 Participatory Management of Lift Irrigation in Haryana 418 C.S. Singhal 23 Market Pricing of Ground Water in Agriculture in Karnataka 428 P.S. Srikanthamurthy and Others 24 Sustainable Management of Ground Water Use for Irrigation: A Village Study 452 Sarah Ahmed 25 Irrigation and Equity: A Regional Analysis 462 Ch. Radhika Rani PART III DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER 26 Access to Drinking Water in India- 475 State and Market Interventions 475 Samantha Sahu & Rajashree Padhi 27 Decentralisation of Drinking Water and 492 Role of Panchayats 492 Y.BhaskarRao 28 Management of Drinking Water Supply System by Rural Local Self Governments 507 A.C. Jena & E. V.Prakash Rao 29 Drinking Water Accessibility in Rural Areas-The case of West Bengal 521 Dr. Dilip Kumar Ghosh 30 Government Initiatives in Rural & Urban Water Supply- A Study in Three Districts of KBK Region in Orissa 550 P. Sivaram, R.R. Herman, A. V. Yadappanavar & T. Vijay Kumar 31 State Society Partnership in Drinking Water Management- The case of Jalanidhi Project in Kerala 566 T.M. Joseph & Jos Chathukulam 32 Public-Public & Public Private Partnership in Maintenance of Drinking Water 590 G. Palanithurai, R. Ramesh 33 Community Initiatives & Participation of the Community in Drinking Water Supply: Basic Lessons & Emerging Issues 606 V. Annamalai & E.V. Prakash Rao 34 Household Participation in Community Based Rural Water Supply Systems: Kerala Experience 615 Nisha K.R Index 645