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     https://github.com/Ashwask/RFPartnerMap/tree/main/Water,
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For commercial-use enquiries, open an issue on the repository.

This dashboard sits inside the public repository Ashwask/RFPartnerMap, which
runs the same CC BY-NC 4.0 licence. The Water/ folder content (prose chapters,
data, and dashboard) inherits this licence.

Source data citations within the dashboard remain owned by their original
agencies (CGWB, CWC, CPCB, IMD, NMCG, MoJS, MoHUA, ICIMOD, World Bank, ADB,
JICA, Ministry of Statistics, etc.) under their respective use terms. The
India Water Canvas synthesises and presents these sources; it does not claim
copyright over the underlying source datasets.