Delhi Water Privatisation Plan Part 1

When the Delhi government decided to privatize the water infrastructure in the Indian capital in 2000, a strong resistance movement emerged. These activists, which include Arvind Kejriwal, have played a critical role of maintaining access to water for Delhiites and have shown the power of collective action.

Due to the successful campaign which exposed the corruption of this potential World Bank project, the project was halted. This process of privatizing the management of municipal water has happened across many cities and its important for people to understand how this happens, why and under what conditions. Arvind Kejriwal explains the influence of the World Bank Group in the bidding procedure to predetermine which corporation (Price Waterhouse Coopers) would profit from the management of such an important public resource in the city of Delhi.

"Do we need the World Bank in India?", asks Kejriwal.

Activist and resident of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal is an activist for governmental transparency. He has received awards for his involvement with grassroots organisations in India, prominent one being the "Indian of the Year in Public Service" in 2006. He also founded the grassroots organisation Parivartan, devoted to the cause of ensuring a just and accountable governance in India.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Delhi
• Water
• Privatisation
• Plan
• Neo-Liberalism
• Globalisation
• Capitalism
• IFI
• IMF
• Arvind
• Kejriwal
• grassroots
• Price

[jumpnjza2]

Well yeah I totally agree.

[namita9012021]

public pwnership with private distribution would be a big flop and corporations wouldn't even want such a thing bcoz there is no scope for profit there. Profit in itself means having a certain advantage over someone or sthing...and people's power strives the most for equality and justice..the just dont go hand in hand...

[noniesharma1004]

Arvind ji is the person who is suitable 4 CM of Delhi and Anna ji as PM.....BANDE MAA TARAM..... INCLAAB  JINDABAD

[mmssanjay]

yes Arvind kejriwal bhaiya is very suitable for PM post

[XionXXXX]

The Air should be privatized too, make those slumdogs pay monthly for fresh air to breathe!

If they don't pay, make them choke to death!

[montelinus]

evil world bank, read "confessions of an economic hitman."

[jamspooge86]

yeah and the costs for water in almost all cases has gone up on average 250%... Unless you have your head up your ass there are some things that should NEVER be privatized

[AquaticRobot]

In a free market capitalist society, railway, education, health care, electricity, airports, ports, roads, highways, rivers, forests, water supply, mines everything should be privatized. Unfortunately India has state monopoly in all these sectors. Being a supporter of free market capitalism and individual freedom, I am for water privatization. It is unfortunate some socialists are trying to disrupt privatization process in India, the government is too soft on anti-property activists.