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Harnessing Water Resources In Nepal
February 10th, 2013
Via The Himalayan Times, an article on Nepal’s ambitious plans to develop and harness its water resources:  It has been long discussed about exploiting water resources in Nepal multilaterally. One among it was harnessing the Koshi River basin in eastern Nepal with concerted effort of Nepal‚ India and probably Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been lobbying hard […]
Read more »South Sudan: Tension Over Water Rights Boils Over Into Conflict
February 10th, 2013
Via CNN, a sad report of how tension of water rights bubbled over into outright localized conflict recently: A heavily armed militia attacked tribesmen during a weekend cattle drive in strife-wracked South Sudan, a government official reported Sunday, leaving behind dozens of dead and possibly kidnapping hundreds of others. Unarmed civilians “were murdered in cold […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hydro-Hegemony
February 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on China’s water related role in Asia: ASIA is the world’s most water-stressed continent, a situation compounded by China’s hydro-supremacy in the region. Beijing’s recent decision to build a slew of giant new dams on rivers flowing to other countries is thus set to roil riparian relations. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Environmentalists Lose Fight to Stop Nu River Dams
February 9th, 2013
Via Time, a report on China’s plans to go ahead with the construction of a series of dams on the Nu River, also known as the Salween, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the nation: Workers fix a floating platform used for the construction of a dam on the Nu River, also known as […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dwindling Water In China’s North
February 6th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on China’s water challenges: A signboard on the bank of a river channel warns people not to drink water polluted by the chemical aniline, following a recent spill in Shanxi Province, in dry northern China. When 39 tons of the toxic chemical aniline spilled from a factory in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s River-Linking Project Mired In Politics
February 6th, 2013
Via the Guardian, some commentary on the slow progress of India’s plan to link 37 rivers that would save the country from drought and flood and help feed millions: A villager walks next to a dried canal near Santalpur village in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters The idea of linking India‘s […]
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