The Freshwater Trail
Arati Kumar-Rao
All the drinking water in the world will fit in a cube that can sit over the city of Bangalore. And in this industrial age, everyone wants a share of aquifers, rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Voices get shriller and stakes rise ever higher should a river cross international boundaries. Add to all this, the unpredictability of weather patterns in the age of climate change.
On the freshwater trail, I will follow the changing fortunes of people and species in the anthropocene era
Unfortunately vested interests have all along misused land acquisition.
The following points need to be incorporated in any land acquisition:
1. All land acquisition shall be on a 99-year extendable lease basis.
2. Any change in the use of land will result in the land rights reverting to govt for fresh allotment.