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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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