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India Starts Work On Hydro Projects After Suspending Treaty With Pakistan
May 7th, 2025
Via Dawn, a report that India has started work on several hydro projects after suspending the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan: India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the India-occupied Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after fresh escalation with Pakistan led it to suspend the Indus Waters […]
Read more »Iraq’s Drought: A Climate Warning From The Fertile Crescent
May 7th, 2025
Courtesy of the New York Times, a podcast on Iraq’s water crisis and what it means for the world: As the Middle East braces for another year of extreme heat, climate change is turning the soil to dust in the landscape that has long been known as the fertile crescent — and water has become […]
Read more »Zambia, Zimbabwe Court Investors to Revive $5 Billion Hydro Dam
May 7th, 2025
Via Bloomberg, a report on Zambia and Zimbabwe’s efforts to seek investment for the $5 billion Batoka Gorge hydropower project: Zambia and Zimbabwe are seeking investment for the $5 billion Batoka Gorge hydropower project, which has been delayed due to the pandemic and funding issues. Summary by Bloomberg AI The project aims to build a […]
Read more »Tourist Killings Test Limits of India’s Water Diplomacy
May 4th, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how a recent terrorist attack could undermine India’s water treaty with Pakistan: The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan has long been hailed as a rare success in transboundary water sharing. It has stood as a beacon of cooperation between two hostile neighbors. Under the treaty, upstream India reserved […]
Read more »How America Decided Who Gets Water And Who Doesn’t
May 3rd, 2025
Via PBS, an interesting short video on how water isn’t just a resource — it’s a battleground where the sacred meets the stolen. As the Great Salt Lake loses its vitality, who gets clean water? Who profits from scarcity? And who gets left out to dry? Hosted by Harini Bhat, In The Margins covers the […]
Read more »War or Peace on the Indus?
May 3rd, 2025
Via South Asian Idea, a historical commentary on the Indus water treaty from a renowned water scholar: Anyone foolish enough to write on war or peace in the Indus needs to first banish a set of immediate suspicions. I am neither Indian nor Pakistani. I am a South African who has worked on water issues […]
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