Water wars: Sale of Indian rivers

January 29, 2011, Issue 04 Volume 8 You can lease a river in Chhattisgarh for 22 years. At just Rs. 1 per annum. While thousands go thirsty IN MAHMARA village of Durg district in Chhattisgarh, Ramoram Thakur, 70, recalls how as a boy he would sing and hear folklore about water, fishermen and farmers of his village, tucked into the western […]