Bibliography 8: India's Industries

Barlow, Maude. Blue Covenant. New York: The New Press, 2007. Print.

In this section of Maude Barlow’s book, she considers that of many India’s water projects create more devastation than bringing good and the improvements they expect. The author agrees that yes, the Indian government is backing away from certain plans such as the linking of fourteen Himalayan rivers and sixteen southern rivers to irrigate large field of farmlands which will pose large environmental impacts and displace many residents. However, private corporations are buying rivers to use for their business. One company has a “twenty-two-year lease for the exclusive use of a twenty-seven-kilometer river” (113). The government allows companies such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. to set up plants in the rural countryside which creates great distress on the water supply. Barlow is on the board of directors of Food  &Water Watch, and is a member of the World Future Council. She shows no bias in her writing. This book backs up my other sources, which claim that Indian governments are letting industries set up and use the dwindling water supply.