Description

This book meticulously analyses and provides a comprehensive critique of the laws relating to water and its management in India. Commencing with an illuminating overview of water resource management in the country, it succinctly addresses the multifaceted challenges besetting water governance in India. It navigates through issues such as water and sanitation, the right to safe and clean drinking water, waste management, integrated water resource management, interstate water disputes, and international conflicts over water resources.

This book examines the historical development of water resource management and the existing legal framework in India. It focuses on how far the existing legal framework for water management in India is able to address the critical issues and concerns relating to water owing to increasing scarcity, mismanagement, and environment related problems.

Moreover, it outlines international instruments, including conventions, treaties, and declarations, with a discerning eye towards their implications and relevance within the Indian context.