Water conflicts in Northeast India/
ed. by KJ Joy, Partha Das, G, Chakraborty, Chandan Mahanta, Suhas Puranjabe and Shruti Vispute
- London Routledge. 2018
- 271p,; xxiv 22cm.
CONTENTS
1. Understanding Water Conflicts in Northeast India.
Part: 1- Fault lines. 2. Damming of Rivers and Anthropological Research. 3. Water quality in Assam: Challenges Discontentment and Conflict. 4. Harnessing energy potential in fragile landscapes: exploration of conflicts and emerging issues around hydropower developments in Sikkim. 5. Hydropower conflicts in Sikkim: recognizing the power of citizen initiatives for socio-environmental justice. 6. State Water Policy of Assam 2007: conflict over commercializing water. 7. Water conflict in Northeast India: the need for a multi-tract mechanism. 8. Whose river is it, anyway? The Political economy of hydropower in the Eastern Himalayas.
Part: II- Case studies. 9. Conflicts over embarkments on the Jiadhal River in Dhemaji District, Assam. 10. Riverbank erosion in Rohmoria: impact, conflict and people's struggle. 11. The char dwellers of Assam: flowing river, floating people. 12. Seismic Survey for oil exploration in the Brahmaputra River Basin, Assam: scientific understanding and people's perceptions. 13. Hydrocarbon extraction in Manipur and its impact on Barak downstream. 14. The Dibang Multipurpose Project: resistance of the Idu Mishmi. 15. Tipaimukh High Dam on the Barak River: conflicting Land and People. 16. Hydropower projects on the Testa River: movement again mega dams in Sikkim. 17. An uneven flow? Navigating downstream concerns over China's water policy. Includes Illustrations, Contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgement and List of Contributors.