Add to ORKGCases of conflict over rights on water are on the rise. These rights of the users to use water can be classified into two broad groups- human rights and property rights. The paper discusses the way these rights evolved and the way the courts have interpreted those rights. While focusing on the mecha-nism for allocation of property right over groundwater, the paper makes an attempt to address the problem where different types of rights of individuals clash against each other. It then discusses the status and scope of the fun-damental right to water in the light of the Plachimada (a village in Kerala, India) experience, where extraction of groundwater by Coca-Cola company allegedly caused drinking water scarcity for the locals
India is known by its major rivers named Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga in the north and Mahanadi, Go...
This thesis is an enquiry into the persistent problem of water scarcity in the paddy growing regions...
A discussion about natural resource management and property right has long been carried out among sc...
This thesis critically examines the mainstream discourse on the human right to water and suggests th...
Water is indispensable to human life. From references to water in numerous international treaties to...
In early 2000s, a small village in the Southern part of India – Plachimada, gained global attention ...
At the end of the 1980s, development and human rights were treated as separate issues, with distinct...
Access to water, in sufficient quantities and of sufficient quality is vital for human health. The U...
In recent years, significant debate has taken place around the concept of the “human right to water”...
This chapter looks at the opportunities for reframing the human right to water (HRW) in the way in I...
NoThis paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (...
The fundamental right to water in rural areas is well-established in India, but the actual content o...
Groundwater governance has become an intractable policy issue, which has many implications for the l...
Water is becoming increasingly scarce. Unequal geographic distribution of freshwater resources puts ...
The human right to water is nowadays more broadly recognised, mainly due to the essential societal f...
India is known by its major rivers named Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga in the north and Mahanadi, Go...
This thesis is an enquiry into the persistent problem of water scarcity in the paddy growing regions...
A discussion about natural resource management and property right has long been carried out among sc...
This thesis critically examines the mainstream discourse on the human right to water and suggests th...
Water is indispensable to human life. From references to water in numerous international treaties to...
In early 2000s, a small village in the Southern part of India – Plachimada, gained global attention ...
At the end of the 1980s, development and human rights were treated as separate issues, with distinct...
Access to water, in sufficient quantities and of sufficient quality is vital for human health. The U...
In recent years, significant debate has taken place around the concept of the “human right to water”...
This chapter looks at the opportunities for reframing the human right to water (HRW) in the way in I...
NoThis paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (...
The fundamental right to water in rural areas is well-established in India, but the actual content o...
Groundwater governance has become an intractable policy issue, which has many implications for the l...
Water is becoming increasingly scarce. Unequal geographic distribution of freshwater resources puts ...
The human right to water is nowadays more broadly recognised, mainly due to the essential societal f...
India is known by its major rivers named Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga in the north and Mahanadi, Go...
This thesis is an enquiry into the persistent problem of water scarcity in the paddy growing regions...
A discussion about natural resource management and property right has long been carried out among sc...