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Water for Peace: What Bangladesh Wants from the Ganga Water Treaty
April 21st, 2025
Via EcoBusiness, commentary on the Ganga Water Treaty which – signed in 1996 – expires next year, and there are unresolved issues with regards to water sharing arrangements. Both Bangladesh and India will need to negotiate a more thorough, equitable and climate-resilient deal. The Ganga Water Treaty is crucial to India-Bangladesh relations because it guarantees […]
Read more »What Does the World’s Largest Dam Mean For India and Bangladesh Downstream?
April 18th, 2025
Via The Conversation, a look at China’s plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream? China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant – […]
Read more »Bangladesh Delegation Visits India To Discuss Sharing of Water Resources
March 6th, 2025
Via The Tribune, an article on recent discussions between Bangladesh and India around water. The Ganges is one of the 54 rivers shared by India and Bangladesh. Long-standing differences over its water sharing were resolved with the signing of the Ganges Water Treaty on December 12, 1996, by then-Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Super-Dam A ‘Disaster Waiting To Happen’
January 29th, 2025
Impassioned commentary from Brahma Chellaney on the China’s newly proposed super dam: By embarking on building a super-dam, the largest ever conceived, in the seismically active Sino-Indian border region, China is potentially creating a ticking water bomb for millions of people living downstream in India and Bangladesh. The super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, better […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: India’s Response to World’s Largest Dam in China Faces Local Opposition
January 9th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at India’s response to world’s largest dam in China: Strong protests have erupted in the Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh against a proposed “multi-purpose project” envisioned as the country’s response to China’s plan to construct the world’s largest dam in Tibet on the same river. India plans to build […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dam! China Approves World’s Most Expensive Infrastructure Project
January 3rd, 2025
Via The Economist, a report on China’s planned Tsangpo dam, the world’s most expensive infrastructure project which has China’s neighbours on edge: IT IS SOMETIMES called the “Everest of rivers” owing to its extreme topography. One section of the Yarlung Tsangpo falls 2,000 metres over a stretch of 50km (31 miles). But what interests Chinese officials […]
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