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ivers should link, not divide us is radically altering and affecting political gone through land reforms of one type or
said the Indian prime minister boundaries all over the world, between as another. Issues related to forests have also
Manmohan Singh while inaugu- well as within countries. In India, water generated a body of comprehensive litera-
rating the conference of state irrigation conflicts are likely to worsen before they ture on forest resources and rights. Though
ministers on December 1, 2005.2 He ex- begin to be resolved. Till then they pose a conflicts over them have not necessarily
pressed concern over interstate disputes significant threat to economic growth, social been effectively or adequately resolved,
and urged state governments to show stability, security and health of the ecosystem they have received much more serious
understanding and consideration, states- and; the victims are likely to be the poorest attention, have been studied in their own
manship and an appreciation of the of the poor as well as the very sources of right and practical as well as theoretical
other point of view. Ponnala Laxmaiah, water rivers, wetlands and aquifers. means of dealing with them have been
irrigation minister of Andhra Pradesh, Conflicts might sound bad or negative, sought. In contrast, water conflicts have not
returned from the meeting only to be hauled but they are logical developments in the received the same kind of attention. The
over the coals the next day by Janardhan absence of proper democratic, legal and 18 case studies presented here are part of
Reddy, his party senior, over the so-called administrative mechanisms to handle a larger project, Compendium on Water
Pothireddy Padu diversion planned to divert issues at the root of water conflicts. Part Conflicts in India which is a modest att-
water to chief minister Y S Rajashekar of the problem stems from the specific empt to capture different types of conflicts
Reddys native district.3 MLAs from his nature of water like (i) water is divisible in terms of scale and nature of conflict
own party in the Telangana region have and amenable to sharing; (ii) it is a common with illustrative cases premised on the
declared that they will oppose this water pool resource; moreover, one unit of water belief that understanding and documenting