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Has World Water Council become hostage to Water mafia?

Has World Water Council become hostage to Water mafia?

Marseille, France, 29 November: Set up in 1996 after a proposal to this effect at the United Nations'  International  Conference on Environment and Development in Dublin in 1992, the World Water Council is in the eye of a storm. With accusations from its very own members of succumbing to the greed of water mafia, the world’s apex body on water is of late mired in controversies.  

Water activists slam World Water Council, accuses its president of bias against India

Water activists slam World Water Council, accuses its president of bias against India

New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS) Wary of the growing clout of India, the world’s supreme body on water, the World Water Council, seems to explore ways to slight India on certain pretexts, activists from India alleged.