Research Catalog

Title

Bhakra-Nangal Project : socio-economic and environmental impacts / R. Rangachari.

Author

Rangachari, R.

Publication

New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi, India)
• Nihon Zaidan.
• Third World Centre for Water Management.

Description

xxxvi, 256 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Summary

"This book is an in-depth study of possibly the most well-known multi-purpose river valley project in north India, the Bhakra-Nangal Project. One of the first scientific performance-analyses of a completed project in India, it examines how far the stated objectives of the project have been fulfilled. The volume studies the incidental and indirect consequences of the dam including its synergetic impact and the 'green revolution'; increased food production and productivity in the area; and the displacement and rehabilitation of people from the areas submerged when the dam was built. Informative, yet written in an engaging manner, this volume will interest environmentalists, water management experts, activists, bureaucrats, policy planners, and an informed general public."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• Oxford India paperbacks
• Water resources management series

Uniform Title

• Oxford India paperbacks.
• Water resources management series.

Subject

• Bhakra Dam (India)
• Bhakra Nangal Project
• Dams > Economic aspects > India
• Dams > Environmental aspects > India
• Dams > Social aspects > India
• Water resources development > India

Note

• "Third World Centre for Water Management, Centre for Policy Research, The Nippon Foundation."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-248) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Indus basin development till 1947 -- 3. Indus basin development after 1947 -- 4. The pre-project scene -- 5. Bhakra-Nangal project -- 6. Irrigation from the Bhakra-Nangal project -- 7. Irrigated agriculture and increased productivity -- 8. Production of food grains -- 9. Hydroelectric power -- 10. Flood management -- 11. Incidental and indirect benefits -- 12. Sedimentation in the Bhakra reservoir -- 13. Impact of Bhakra-Nangal project : people's perception -- 14. Some important lessons learnt.

ISBN

• 0195675347
• 9780195675344

LCCN

^^2006299154

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library