1. Encroachment of public lands, by rampant felling of tree cover, brought under cultivation. 

2. It resulted in water run-off and flash floods. 

3. Storage capacity of dam was lost with accumulation of silt, dust, debris etc. 

4. Water is flow resource and its storage or use upstream affects what is available to people downstream. 

5. Growth of towns and industrial areas increased the demand for water.

6. Conflicts within communities in a region and across sectors like agriculture, industry or drinking water are common. 

7. If there was a government river basin authority for overall planning of water use, all the problems above could be solved. 

8. If the government river basin is there it will solve the problems by following way. 

a) It would do justice to all users of river basins water. 

b) It would involve the community organisations in the authority. 

c) It would reduce the growing conflicts and the possibility of social unrest in the country in future due to water scarcity. 

d) It would rejuvenate the traditional techniques in conservation and management recognition of water as a common property resource.