Uttarakhand: A New State Without Water

Uttarakhand: A New State Without Water: – Jay Singh Rawat – After decades of long struggle, more than three dozen sacrifices, and tremendous public pressure, the people of Uttarakhand finally received their separate state on November 9, 2000. However, this new state was deprived of its most vital natural resource , water. Of the state’s three major resources — water,