New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Parameswaran Iyer, former secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Indian government, said that the Gujarat model of water governance can be applied to Maharashtra to resolve the drought problem in the state.

Daniel W Smith, assistant professor at George Mason University; Nitin Bassi, fellow at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW); and Parameswaran Iyer, former secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, have penned a new study launched at IIM Bangalore, which traces lessons from a 25-year water governance journey that began under the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, in 2001 in a water-scarce state.

The study highlights th...