River Interlinking in India : The Dream and Reality
Contents: Preface. Contributors. 1. Interlinking of rivers and mission 2020/Sita Ram Singh. 2. Socio-economic dreams of river interlinking in India/Mohan Pd. Shrivastava. 3. Interlinking of rivers in India: concerns and suggestions/Vipla Chopra. 4. River interlinking in India: a big dream to solve water crisis in distant future/Narendra Prasad. 5. Interlinking of rivers: significance and prospects/S.V. Sowani. 6. Interlinking of Indian rivers-will the dream come true?/Priti Kashyap and Kamesh Kumar. 7. Interlinking of rivers in India: problems and prospects/H.H. Uliveppa. 8. Future water scenario in India-an appraisal/Kuldip Kaur and Kushwinder Kaur. 9. Interlinking of rivers-its implication in Bihar/Ashok K. Ghosh and Nupur Bose. 10. Region-wise interlinking of rivers-an overview/S.Chinnammai. 11. Interlinking of Indian rivers: political jargon or scientific paragon or a practical geoeconomic reality/D.P. Singh and Poonam Kumari. 12. Interlinking of Indian rivers: a viewpoint/Shashi Bala Jain. 13. Water crisis in India: is linking of rivers a solution?/A. Munian. 14. Interlinking of rivers: water for future perfect/Roli Misra and P.S. Tripathi. 15. Dream of river interlinking in India/Jai Shankar Singh, Anju Sinha and Surendra Prasad Singh. 16. Linking of major rivers: the case for mighty Brahmaputra/Debotpal Goswami. 17. Interlinking of rivers: challenges of destiny/Ram Naresh Thakur. 18. A blueprint for interlinking rivers/K. Padmanabhan and V.R. Poongavanam. 19. Problems and prospects of interlinking of rivers in Bihar/Ram Bharat Thakur. 20. Interlinking of rivers in India: cost, benefit and impact/Punam. 21. Interlinking of rivers: a dream or nightmare?/Shagufta. 22. River interlinking in India: agenda before the new millennium/Pradeep Kumar Pandey and Nilima Sahai. 23. Linking of inter-state rivers/B.R. Bhagat. 24. Interlinking of rivers in India: a myth or reality?/C. Muthuraja. 25. Interlinking of rivers: a general study/K.S.P. Singh and V.S. Prasad. 26. River networking: an evaluation in the field of sustainable water resource management/Satya Raj. 27. Interlinking of rivers-a Utopian concept/Santosh Kumar and Reena Singh. 28. Water Crisis in India: is interlinking of rivers a solution?/Harindra Kishor Mishra and Anamika. Index.
"This book is a path-breaking volume packed with excellent theoretical, concise, lucid, comprehensive pieces and comparative case studies of river interlinking, with a collection of 28 research papers authored by eminent contributors. This book is shared on series analysis using up-to-date materials and data, systematic, scientific and critical investigation of various pertinent issues of river interlinking in India which has been authored and edited by learned editors.
This thought-provoking edited book on river-interlinking is well-designed and written in an interactive and lively style which is genuinely teacher and student-friendly, engaging the readers straight away and sustaining interest throughout.
The unique volume deals with water availability with historical overview of river interlinking, its needs and relevance of various proposals, cost-benefit analysis, New Water Policy 2002, advantages and disadvantages, main constraints, steps taken by government, problems and prospects, socio-economic impact." (jacket)
