This paper by IIED explores the extent to which urban dwellers, and especially those living in low income areas, depend directly and indirectly on groundwater.
This paper by Peter Mollinga, University of Bonn reviews the boundary concept that has emerged in interdisciplinary irrigation studies in South Asia, particularly India.
Huge gaps in monitoring and enforcement of clearance conditions actually defeats the very purpose of grant of conditional environmental clearance, the report says.
Sanitation is the unpopular cousin of water supply, and that investments, interest and motivation to transform the sanitation sector are lacking, the report says.
For long-term sustainability of the rural water supply schemes under the Mission, it is imperative to design State-specific plans of action, the study says.
