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| | Rivers for sale: Common property in peril |
 | | Chhattisgarh, India's 26th state, was carved out of the erstwhile state of Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 2000, in the hope of creating a just and equitable political-economic order. |
 | | The move met with protests from almost 15 villages situated along the river banks that were dependent on water from the river for agricultural irrigation, domestic household chores, fishing, growing vegetables on the river bank and breeding livestock. |
 | | India's 2002 National Water Policy has already prepared the ground for this transition towards water privatisation, by promoting "the concept of private sector participation in building, owning, operating, leasing and transferring of water resource facilities". |
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