DE-STRESSING WATER-STRESSED INDIA: LESSONS FROM ANCIENT SCRIPTURES TO CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

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Over the years, various scientific approaches have evolved in the domain of water resources management. The urge behind such evolution ensues from an impending concern before the society, where supply of the natural resource is grossly overwhelmed by its demand. Water scarcity, which is looming large in Indian context too, is not a single-dimensional phenomenon; it is a multi-layered “complex” system instead. Moreover, while designing the management policies for water resources, today’s art of science tends to preclude ancient India’s value-based principles. This review article attempts to explore two broad aspects as how to: (a) connect the contemporary scientific management regime with ancient India’s spiritual interpretations, and (b)envisage various scarcity dimensions as a single-canvas representation. Thus, the present discourse signifies that while crafting policy-designs for sustainable water resources management, it is now imperative to recognize ancient India’s value-based practices and consider all its scarcity-dimensions simultaneously. As a derivative of this contemplation, the article also paves the way for further research to investigate the appropriateness of bottom-up modeling frameworks, incorporating “local” values juxtaposed with various hydrological phenomena with in a spatial unit.

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