ABSTRACT
The driving force behind the Upper Krishna project of the state government of Karnataka, India, is the year 2000 deadline for determining watersharing of the Krishna river among the three states through which it flows. The World Bank assisted the state government's project with the Karnataka Irrigation Project, 1978 to 1986; and the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project, 1989 to 1997. The Inter-State Water Tribunal, which allocates water from the Krishna River among the three riparian states—Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh—is set to meet again in the year 2000. The resettlement operation at Upper Krishna has made one of the most dramatic turn arounds of any resettlement operation in a Bank-assisted project, from crisis and several suspensions to aproaching satisfactory performance. Narayanpur Reservoir was completely filled by 1996, and all resettlers were relocated. Several forms of ex gratia payments as compensation for housing, land, and income generation have begun in the past few years to help rehabilitate resettlers.
