| ID | 054607 |
| Title Proper | Making of a river linking plan in India: suppressed science and spheres of expert debate |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Alley, Kelly D |
| Publication | July 2004. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The plan to interlink the rivers of India and create a new “national water grid” comes at a time when water scarcity discourses assume a nervous tone that is at once local and global, triggering fears of continuing drought, falling ground water tables, and the further contamination of surface waters. This paper explores the way in which a large scale resource use plan is made in India and how it is debated by specialist groups and concerned citizens outside government. The paper covers historical and contemporary discussions regarding the river linking plan through official and unofficial water use discourses, governmental, judicial and NGO documents, decision-making events, and my own participant observation conducted during the summer of 2003. It also addresses, in this context, the relation between science and policy-making and the paths of communication and knowledge exchange between officials and experts in and outside government offices. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Review Vol. 3, No.3; Jul 2004: p 210-238 |
| Journal Source | India Review Vol: 3 No 3 |
| Key Words | Water Security ; River Linking Paln ; India |