Opinion - Letters to the Editor   

Interlinking mirages

Sir,__ This has reference to the article "Interlinking mirages" (Dec. 3) by Medha Patkar and L.S. Aravinda. Large amount of money is spent on one single project as an apparent solution to the proposed set of problems, and as has happened in the past with Sardar Sarovar where the entire irrigation budget is allocated to it for years, the State is left with no money to spend on community-based small-scale water management initiatives which are found to be more effective. Given the way the Government handled infrastructure projects in the past, I hope the media actually plays a more active watchful role in this project.

Rahul Gudla,

Hyderabad

Sir,— When we are unable to solve a single river basin (Cauvery) problem, how would it be possible to solve disputes of inter-linked river basins which may arise?

S. Chandrasekar,

K.R. Thoppur, T.N.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Opinion

News: Front Page | National | Southern States | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary |

Stories in this Section

• An enduring friendship
• For greater judicial accountability
• Activism sans ideology
• Terror in J&K
• Adieu to Ayodhya
• Nehru and Indo-Soviet ties
• Support pluralism
• Interlinking mirages
• Indian parallel
• Superficial
• Good human being

Copyright © 2002, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu