Interstate Disputes over Krishna Waters is an attempt to situate river water conflicts in the larger context of India's federal constitution. It traces the ideological moorings of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal that apportioned waters of the river Krishna among Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and also underscores links between development projects in the Third World and global capital. Law and science are linked with development issues; so are a series of local and global issues that draw examples from, or build on the history of colonialism and politics of independent India.
Praise for ‘Interstate disputes over Krishna waters’
“Interstate Disputes over Krishna Waters meticulously discusses the now almost insoluble conundrum of regional water conflicts in India”
—Law, Social Justice and Global development – Read full review
“Consequently, their arguments, in timbre and spirit, are polemical and provide many a refreshing critical insight and attempt nothing less than insistently arguing that new ways of thinking about India’ s existing water strategy are imperative and eminently possible.”
—Ranjit Dwivedi – Read full review
“D’Souza carefully analyses the global and local politics and thought processes behind the development models conceived and sponsored — ideologically, technically and financially by the UN-US systems”
—The Financial Express – Read full review