ABSTRACT
The present crisis in meeting the food, energy and water requirements of the world population has accentuated the ‘dams or no dams’ debate. Dams are being opposed on environmental (D’Souza, 2002; McCully, 1996), financial, economic and human rights fronts (Dharmadhikary, 2005), whereas the proponents of large dam push their agenda on the grounds of enhanced food and drinking water security, hydropower generation and flood control (Verghese, 2001; Vyas, 2001).
