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Jal Satyagraha: From water conversations to water conservation and justice

Posted: September 20, 2024

Drawn from the ‘swaraj through satyagraha’ concept of India’s independence movement, the struggle for water access and equity has spread across rural India. It’s time for Jal Satyagraha to take shape in cities too given the water crises, top-down water governance, increasing corporatisation, and non-transparent water governance. Water issues are not only between urban and rural India but equally between the rich and poor in both. Satyagraha, practised as non-violent resistance with prolonged campaigns and persuasions, offers cities a way to address the crises including rising inequality of access to water. Are cities ready?

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