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A human right to water "generally rests on two justifications: the non-substitutability of drinking water ('essential for life'), and the fact that many other human rights which are explicitly recognized in the UN Conventions are predicated upon an (assumed) availability of water (e.g. the right to food)."
The right to safe and clean drinking water is recognized as a fundamental human right, essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted a resolution declaring access to safe and clean drinking water as a human right. [ 24 ]
the right to water; [127] the right to earn a livelihood, the right to health, and; the right to education. [128] At the conclusion of his book, Making of India's Constitution, retired Supreme Court Justice Hans Raj Khanna wrote:
Ramaswamy began his literary career translating Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's Malayalam novel, Thottiyude Makan, into Tamil. His early short stories were published in progressive literary journals like Shanthi and Saraswati. He wrote over 80 short stories, three novels, a little over 100 poems, and many essays and reviews. [4]
Sustaining Water for All in a Changing Climate The World Bank, 2010, Case Study on water resources in Andhra Pradesh, India. pgs. 73–77. Comprehensive Portal on Water in India: India Water Portal; Solution Exchange:Water Community in India; Water and Environmental Sanitation Network India:WES-Net India Archived 15 February 2021 at the Wayback ...
The Department of Water Resources is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu. The department was split from the Public works department in June 2021 and is responsible for the management and conservation of water bodies in the state.
The scheme is run by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, with a production plant in Gummidipoondi in Thiruvallur district, on a 55-acre land that belongs to the Institute of Road Transport (IRT), a subsidiary of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation. The plant has the capacity to produce 3 lakh liters of purified water per day.
The tribunal gave an interim award on 25 June 1991 that was based on its 10-year calculation of average inflow of water into Tamil Nadu. [17] It instructed Karnataka to release water from its reservoirs and provide 205 TMC to the Mettur reservoir in Tamil Nadu in a water year and also specified weekly and monthly stipulations. [18]