"All the water as far as the ye can see belongs to me" said Kailash Soni, chief executive officer, Radius Water Limited, perched atop the dam he built to harness water from the 23.6 kilometre stretch of the Sheonath river in Chhattisgarh's Drug district, which he now "owns". For him, every drop of water along this stretch translates into hard cash-Rs.600 crores, if the facility operates at its full capacity for the next 20 years, the remaining period of lease.