[Assam] Water Policy of Assam: Request for analysis: Forgot the attachment last time:-)
Ranjan K Baruah
bkranjan at gmail.com
Wed Oct 3 01:45:37 CDT 2007
Dear All,
The last consulation which was held on 29the September at AC Dutta Bhawan,
Cotton College rejected the draft policy at its present form.
There was a voice that there should be a peoples policy.
Regards
Ranjan K Baruah
98642 27589
I was one of the participant at the consultation.
On 9/28/07, uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Water, at one time, needed no policy. As it has become scarce, it has
> become a commodity in the economic and commercial jargon.Now, the UN too
> has declared that right to water is a human right.
>
> In this perspective, we have to examine whether the policy to be adopted
> by the State Government will be beneficial to public interest or to
> commercial interest. Recently, there were some articles on this point in
> Frontline and the implications of the water policies of different states,
> though couched in benign words, have been found to be to the detriment of
> the people and commercially beneficial to big business interest.
>
> Therefore, with the help from a friend, ( I refrain from naming him,
> because, I have not taken his permission for that), I got this copy and I
> forward it to all of you for your perusal, because, I think it touches us
> all.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> *Uttam Kumar Borthakur*
>
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