Sometome back, in one of the interviews discussing large dams (with ADB) Ramaswamy Iyer said,
If we say "No" to big dams, we should be prepared to say "No" to those other things as well. But this requires a rethinking of what we see as "development," and at the moment, it is difficult to imagine such a radical exercise taking place.
Ramaswamy Iyer delivering the keynote address at WHSC 2009 (Photo: Praveena Sridhar)
In today's keynote, he emphasized on similar issues, and remarked that choices would have to be made - between large scale water projects and decentralized water collection systems.
Some notes on the talk:
(With inputs from Tushar Gupta)
Please click here to find the complete transcript of the speack here. Thanks to Ramaswamy Iyer for sharing his transcript with us.