TY  - JOUR
T1  - Re-Thinking River Diversion Projects: A Political Ecology Perspective
AU - Singh, Neha AU - Mishra, Neeraj 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 5
SP  - 1026
EP  - 1036
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.1026.1036
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1026.1036
KW  - Khan diversion project
KW  -Kumbh Mela
KW  -River Khan
KW  -River Kshipra
KW  -political ecology
KW  -Indore City
KW  -Ujjain City
AB  - The usage of pipelines to make water available to people has been widely discussed phenomenon
throughout the world. Less argued are the projects which divert tributaries from larger rivers via. small diversion
channels for the sake of short-term goals that work around natural waterscape. River Khan is one such smaller
stream which accumulates the entire waste of Indore City and has been diverted from its larger stream River
Kshipra in the wake of Kumbh Mela, 2016, to keep the larger stream clean. In this context, the study looks into
the discrepancies of this project and identifies the political and economic forces involved in the formation of
such projects during events like Kumbh Mela. Using the theory of political ecology the paper attempts to
understand the complexities surrounding environment and development. It also explores how unequal relations
in and among societies affect the natural environment, in terms of government policies and going further how
culture depends upon and is influenced by the material conditions of society.
ER  -