Water

Proposed Revision in ADB's Water Policy
Regarding Large Water Resources Projects
Comments from Clients and Stakeholders

The revision as proposed is practical and is supported. But in order to provide the realistic opportunity to the stakeholders and civil society the following action is also necessary.

An integrated plan for the river basin considering all sources of water including rain water harvesting, small tanks, ground water and large dams as proposed along with rainfall data has to be provided and the role to be played by the larger dam/storage. The existing use of water and the livelihood dependent on it, besides the requirement of maintaining the environment should be fully provided before deciding/ diverting on the water to be used for new purposes/land. At the present moment normally there is no provision for downstream water flows after the construction of large/ medium dams. It is only when such information is provided that useful comments could be given by the public.