Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms: A SynthesisWorld Bank Publications, 1999 - 138 pages Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in India. India faces an increasingly urgent situation with its finite and fragile water resources being stressed and depleted while various sectoral demands are growing rapidly. 'Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms' offers detailed solutions to this complex and important concern. |
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Page xi
... activities . There is , fur- thermore , insufficient water available in most basins to ad- dress environmental and ecological considerations or ensure adequate supplies for other non - consumptive uses ( such as navigation , religious ...
... activities . There is , fur- thermore , insufficient water available in most basins to ad- dress environmental and ecological considerations or ensure adequate supplies for other non - consumptive uses ( such as navigation , religious ...
Page xv
... activities ; and continued high incidence of many severe water - borne dis- eases . Estimates of some of these costs amounted to about US $ 15.9 billion in 1994-95 , or about 5 % of GDP as a lower bound . Given India's many other social ...
... activities ; and continued high incidence of many severe water - borne dis- eases . Estimates of some of these costs amounted to about US $ 15.9 billion in 1994-95 , or about 5 % of GDP as a lower bound . Given India's many other social ...
Page xvi
... activities . Fourth , achieving financial viability of service delivery is essential . Until all water service delivery entities are fi- nancially viable and self - financing , the sector will be un- sustainable , further development ...
... activities . Fourth , achieving financial viability of service delivery is essential . Until all water service delivery entities are fi- nancially viable and self - financing , the sector will be un- sustainable , further development ...
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... activities due to water pollution and reduction in water quantity . An example is the interference with the migration of the Hilsa fish due to construc- tion of the Farakka Barrage , which has resulted in its virtual disappearance and ...
... activities due to water pollution and reduction in water quantity . An example is the interference with the migration of the Hilsa fish due to construc- tion of the Farakka Barrage , which has resulted in its virtual disappearance and ...
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... activities are important and should be enhanced , they represent an extremely limited aspect in a much broader array of poten- tial interventions . On the supply side , conjunctive " manage- ment " or augmentation approaches involving ...
... activities are important and should be enhanced , they represent an extremely limited aspect in a much broader array of poten- tial interventions . On the supply side , conjunctive " manage- ment " or augmentation approaches involving ...
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