The informal Studies on water scarcity in Darjeeling begin is embedded within the formal so that the func- on the premise of water scarcity as a preex- tioning of one requires the support of the other; isting condition and explore the status through for example, the state relies on the informal studies on water setups (Chakraborty 2018), water suppliers to provide water for the popu- decentralizat. [...] study tries to shift the focus and understanding to the latter to understand: where is the rest Neither the Central nor the State government of the ‘public’ getting their water from? What have shown the political commitment or the prevents them from being connected to the will to design specific planning policies for the formal supplies? The dialogue around formal Hill regions (Mell and Sturzaker. [...] This also emphasizes Ethnic disparities amongst the Indian Nepali the reservations of the public discussed above community of the Darjeeling Hills and the regarding the elected members of the munici- rest of West Bengal have been a major bone of pality and the effects of changing politics on the contention for the former - largely deprived from effective functioning of the municipality. [...] This paper at one level showcases the various The informal water suppliers generally invoke waterscapes of Darjeeling and the existence a picture of water tankers in the context of the and interactions of the informal and formal developing world. [...] This unwillingness and absence or water suppliers on the one hand, but also the selective presence of the state is derived from the inability of the state to provide a dependable intertwining of the formal and informal and the water supply on the other.
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