Subject(s): Water Extraction -- Irrigation system -- Background of the study : Climate and rainfall -- HCBPL and the problem of water depletion and water pollution :Water extraction by HCBPL, Water pollution -- Livelihood strategies and outcomes : Socio-economic characteristics of the population, Livelihood outcomes, Educational achievements of children, Habitat conditions, Household durable assets, Correlation between livelihood assets, Asset pentagons -- Water insecurity and livelihood vulnerability : Surface irrigation system, Spurt in water intensive cropping pattern, Institutional failures in water management -- Livelihood strategies and their institutional linkage : Coping and mitigation strategies of household agricultural labour households, Farming households, State level initiatives, Panchayt-level interventions -- Collective action and interest groups- Anti-HCBPL agitation in Placimada : Factors and determinants of the collective action, Nesting of CVSS with other organizations, Farmers association, Local Panchayat, HCBPL management and the workers union