BOOK REVIEW 89 coordination and processing. All the four case studies—Hirakud (Philip Viegas), Nagarjunsagar (Mridula Singh & Ranjan K. Samantray), Ukai (Kashyap Mankodi) and Pong (Renu Bhanot & Mridula Singh) provide an insight on the 'other side of development*. The plight of the oustees becomes apparent when one sees the callousness of the officials, state indifference, corruption, lack of information and participation, archaic resettlement laws and inordinately long judicial processes, inadequate compensation, unfamiliar and poor resettlement sites, etc. all these trap the oustees into a life of impoverishment and often of ghettoization. This process has been captured very well by the authors and written sensitively. This book should be a must for not only all planners and implementers of resettlement programmes of any large scale project, but also to the designers of large dams who should realise also the human misery they create. The complexity of the resettlement issue is such that perhaps a paltry 199 pages cannot do justice to it. This is a book which provides a foundation for further inquiry in the area. It is in this sense that the book seems incomplete, certain suggestions can be made towards further investigation. The advocates of the cause of landless oustees and the 'encroachers* need to get their act together. It is not enough to point to their total neglect, but an insistence must be placed that they be treated at par with the landed oustees. For they are a crucial link in the production process and as much a part of the economy, society and polity as the landowners. Mere access to land for claiming citizenship needs to be demolished. A sociological study of these 'encroachers* and landless oustees role in a submerged village and their subsequent plight in the resettlement programme should be made. There is a need to collect finer details of the composition of all the classes of the oustees and their envisaged resettlement. A further breakup of the oustees on the basis of their economic and socio-cultural role is essential. Tribals need to be distinguished as peasants, foragers and the like, and their resettlement needs to be done on these lines. 'Land for land* as a slogan is an incomplete one. What would an artisan, for instance, do with land and without the necessary resources for this or her skills. Further, partly submerged villages need not be dislocated, but integrated with the non-submerged part. Enakshi Ganguly Thukral and Machindra D. Sakate have penned a case study on a people's initiated irrigation scheme—the Baliraja dam. This small dam has been planned and is being constructed by the local people in response to the pressing ecological problems of the area. It is an attempt at equitable distribution of water among the villagers, whether they have land or not. Along with equity, sustainability is a key concept being explored, e.g. water-intensive crops like sugarcane are banned. The spirit of Baliraja dam attempts to lay down certain basics towards the formation of a green society. However, our search