The World Commission on Dams (WCD) has published its final report claiming that the process has pioneered a new path for global public policy making on issues of suitable and sustainable development. However, the Commission deliberately chose data to prove its preconceived hypothesis against dams completely ignoring the compulsions of developing countries like India. The alternatives suggested to dams are impractical as stand alone options and would bring in more misery to people, particularly to the economically weaker sections of society.