The Many Historical Courses of Gender and Water in India

12 November 2019 | Indu Gupta

Water is essential for human survival and development, but the ongoing water crisis in India, despite 70 years of policy-making is widening the circle of poverty, water-borne diseases, and gender inequality. In this article I reaffirm, that water is essentially a women’s issue. The participation of women, today, is a mere token through the District Water Committees, and the government at all levels has always been in construction mode, thanks to rampant corruption and widespread bureaucratic denial to take water seriously.