Polavaram

– Himanshu Upadhyaya

PERSPECTIVES ON POLAVARAM, A MAJOR IRRIGATION PROJECT ON GODAVARI• edited by Biksham Gujja, S Ramakrishna and Vinod Goud• Sivaramakrishna, Academic Foundation• New Delhi with WWF-India and SAKTI

The book under review is a departure from the conventional works on large irrigation projects. The editors have bought together divergent perspectives on the Polavaram irrigation project on the river Godavari. The compilation includes journalistic reportage as well as analytical pieces by experts; the contributors range from the staunch advocates of the project to its fierce opponent. Perspectives on Polavaram reminds one of a similar volume on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP): Dam and the Nation. This Oxford University publication came out of a seminar in the 1990s which drew opponents and supporters of the SSP.

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