Jayanta Bandopadhyay

River basin governance: Learnings from Cauvery conflict

While the recent ruling of the Supreme court on the Cauvery conflict opens up new possibilities, a push for holistic and interdisciplinary river basin governance is required.

Nilanjan Ghosh

Jaya Thakur

Posted on 15 Feb, 2019 01:38 PM

The river Cauvery—an inter-state river shared by the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as the Union Territory of Pondicherry—has often been in the news for the fight over its waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. What dominates the issue is the conflicting demands for irrigation from the plateau region of Karnataka and the delta region in Tamil Nadu.

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns

It is important to look at rivers from an ecological point of view to solve transboundary water issues amicably.

Nilanjan Ghosh

Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AM

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.

The lower Ganga, just upstream of Farakka, displays bank cutting and erosion. (Source: India Water Portal)

Restructuring water governance for future

This paper argues that the recent restructuring of CWC and CGWB can be a good opportunity to introduce changes in the institutional structure for water governance in India

Posted on 02 Jun, 2016 12:40 PM

With increasing concern over water security, water governance worldwide is undergoing a gradual change.

Water governance for future water security (Source: India Water Portal)

"In search of old ideas" - A discussion of the draft national water policy 2012, by Jayanta Bandopadhyay in The Telegraph

In this article published in the Telegraph Jayanta Bandopadhyay discusses the draft national water policy 2012.

Posted on 22 Feb, 2012 05:05 PM

Author: Jayanta Bandopadhyay

Article and image courtesy: The Telegraph

Interdisciplinary approach to water management: From the uplands to the coast - The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin

The Climate of Coastal Cooperation explores finding a balance between the needs for development and safeguarding the environment.

Posted on 30 Dec, 2011 11:04 AM

In this paper, Jayanta Bandopadhyay explains the need for an interdiscipliinary framework for water resource management. He states that this framework needs to include ecological, social, economic and institutional perspectives. These perspectives are essential to facilitate cooperation over the management of transboundary rivers.

Map of the GBM catchment area

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