Question
What do you know about Bolivia’s water war?
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Answer
Popular struggle of Bolivia:
- People’s struggle against privatisation of water in Bolivia power that struggles are integral part of democracy.
- The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply. The government sold these rights to a multinational company which increased the price of water by four times. Many people received monthly water bill of Rs. 1,000 in a country where average income is around Rs. 5,000 a month.
- In January 2000, a new alliance of labour human rights and community leaders organised a successful four day strike.
- The government agreed to negotiate and the strike was called off.
- The police resorted to brutal regression when the agitations started in February followed in April and the government imposed martial law.
- But the power of people forced the officials of the MNC to flee the city and made the government concede to all the demand of the protestors.
- The contract with MNC was cancelled and the water supply was restored with the municipality at old rates.
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