It's very simple, provide uninterrupted water to businesses and the rich enclaves in the high tech cities. Some gallon figure was mentioned per resident. This is not an overnight development, although it appears that way. Newspapers may not have necessarily made the connection between IT development and water shortage in rural areas. But we know water, power, better roads are pretty mundane stuff when promoting business.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor Comparative International Development South Asian and International Studies Programs University of Washington Campus Box 358436 1900 Commerce Street Tacoma, WA 98402, USA Phone: (253) 692-4462 Fax : (253) 692-5718 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, [iso-8859-1] Ulhas Joglekar wrote: > Anthony D'Costa wrote: > > >But what he said was > > that Chandra Babu Naidu > > the laptop toting chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, > > who was recently > > ousted in the elections, transferred massive water > > to the urban, high tech > > driven city, at the expense of the rural folks. > > This story hasn't been reported in the media AFAIK. > It's possible I missed it. But how exactly he did > this? > > > The > > water table is > > drastically falling in the southern region and > > virtually all major > > southern cities (Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai) are > > all facing massive > > water supply problems. > > For all the headlines over (unfortunate) suicides in > Andhra Pradesh, the state with a very high level of > suicides rate is Kerala. > > Ulhas > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Careers: Over 65,000 jobs online > Go to: http://yahoo.naukri.com/ >
