Water Infrastructure Actors in the Himalayan Region

The present study provides a synoptic documentation of the history of water infrastructure development over transboundary rivers in the Ganga (or the Ganges) sub-basin, involving Nepal, India and Bangladesh as the three riparian nations. The various water infrastructure actors at different levels are identified along with a discussion of the associated hydropolitics. The attempt has been to bring out from an extensive review of the relevant published literature the key features of the interactions among major actors in the region at all levels. The behaviour of the infrastructure actors have also evolved and changed over time, which renders a dynamic characteristic to the problem of infrastructure.