This book is about the politics of water resource development and management in. India, with special reference to the Narmada river waters dispute. The author. draws on a wealth of studies on Narmada as also his own research to analyse the. controversy from the perspective of a political scientist. The author analyses three aspects of the conflict over developing the waters. of the Narmada:. - The politics of the inter-state river water dispute over Narmada waters in. the context of Indian centre-state and inter-state relationships and the constitutional. and legal mechanisms for resolving dis.