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The Parched Tiger: India Faces Groundwater Crisis Amid Rapid Urban Growth
June 19th, 2025
Via Urban Acres, a report on India’s groundwater crisis: India is confronting a deepening water crisis as rapid urbanisation and erratic climate patterns push groundwater reserves to dangerous lows. While cities like Bengaluru reel under water shortages despite heavy monsoon rains, experts warn that these urban struggles reflect a nationwide emergency—one that demands urgent structural […]
Read more »India-Pakistan Water Pact ‘Outdated’ in Climate Era
June 15th, 2025
Via SciDevNet, commentary that the India-Pakistan water treaty (which governs the sharing of the Indus River) should be strengthened to factor in challenges such as climate change or be scrapped entirely: India unilaterally suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan It cited cross-border terrorism but had already been demanding changes Treaty needs updating to […]
Read more »Kabul Risks Becoming First Modern City To Run Out of Water
June 12th, 2025
Via The Guardian, an article on a recent report forecasting that the Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address: Kabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned. Water levels within Kabul’s aquifers have dropped by up to 30 metres over […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s $80B Coal Push Threatens Water Access In Dry Zones
June 12th, 2025
Via Investing.com, a report on how India’s $80 billion coal push threatens water access in dry zones: According to a Reuters report, India’s aggressive push to expand coal-fired power generation — nearly $80 billion by 2031 — is compounding an already dire water crisis in the country’s driest districts. A majority of new coal projects […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Bold Transformation To Tackle Water Security
June 12th, 2025
Via Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s bold transformation to tackle water scarcity: Saudi Arabia is confronting one of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges: water scarcity. Faced with limited natural freshwater resources and a rapidly expanding population, the Kingdom is taking decisive steps to secure water availability for future generations. Central to this […]
Read more »Kabul May Run Out of Water
June 10th, 2025
A report from NGO Mercy Corps warns that Kabul could completely run out of water by 2030 owing to a combination of stressors, driven by over-extraction due to rapid urbanization, climate change, and widespread contamination of existing supply. Should the forecast come to pass, Kabul would become the first city to face an existential crisis […]
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