Welcome move

With reference to the editorial, “Water in Concurrent List” (January 24), the Centre’s initiatives to shift water to the concurrent list are welcome. I hope the states will rise to the occasion by fixing this structural anomaly in the Constitution.

 

Water bodies have caused many a rift among states. Judicious and optimum use of river bodies presupposes dispassionate consultation among all stakeholders without ceding the undue advantage to any of the parties. The Concurrent List affords this level playing field. 

 

Despite years of planning, India has not been able to leverage its