This book, the first of its kind, brings together different types of water conflicts in India in all their complexity through an impressive sixty-three case studies. Rather than full-fledged research papers, these are cogent, summarised accounts of the conflicts written by grassroots-level workers, activists and organisations, illustrating the issues involved and their current status. The Foreword by A.Vaidyanathan and the Introduction by the Editors together provide overview of the various issues surrounding water conflicts in India. While recognising that such conflicts are a multi-faceted microcosm of wider conflicts, the editors classify these case studies into eight themes that try to capture the dominant aspects of the conflicts:  Contending water issues  Equity-Access-Allocations  Water quality  Sand excavation and mining  Micro-level conflicts  Dams and displacement  Transboundary conflicts  Privatisation Each theme in turn begins with a brief overview by experts. Highlighting the issues surrounding the respective theme, they suggest possible ways to help resolve these conflicts. With a star cast of contributors, the book makes an important contribution to a new discourse on water in general, and waiter conflicts and water resolution in particular. A must-read for academics, policy-makers, bureaucrats, development practitioners, civil society groups, the judiciary and the media, amongst others.

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