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India Spars with Pakistan, China over Water
January 21st, 2010
Via The Asia Sentinel, an interesting article on conflicts – present and future – over water in the Indus River basin. As the report notes: “…A water war looms in the Indus River basin Kashmir has for decades been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan over which the two countries have fought wars. […]
Read more »Arguing Over The Ganges
January 16th, 2010
Via Bangladesh’s New Nation, an article on the sharing of rivers between India and Bangladesh. As the report notes: “…Bangladesh was deprived of about 21 thousand cusecs of water during the 1-10 January period this year. Under the provisions of the 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, Bangladesh was supposed to get some 68 thousand cusecs […]
Read more »The Great Himalayan Watershed: Water Shortages, Mega-Projects and Water Politics in China, India, and Southeast Asia
January 7th, 2010
Courtesy of Japan Focus, a detailed look at Himalayan water shortages and politics among China, India, and Southeast Asia. As the article notes: “…Since we tend to take water for granted, it is almost a bad sign when it is in the news; and lately there have been plenty of water-related stories from South, East, […]
Read more »India and Bangladesh Hoping To Cooperate On Water Sharing Issues
January 5th, 2010
Via Thaindian news, a report that Bangladesh and India recently began talks to thrash out a pact on the sharing of Teesta river waters. As the article notes: “…Water sharing of the Teesta river will dominate the two-day secretary level talks of the Joint Rivers Commission, The Daily Star reported Monday. Bangladesh is hopeful of […]
Read more »Pakistan & India: Increased Water Tension
January 2nd, 2010
Via Socyberty, a report on the water resource challenges facing Pakistan, and the increasing pressure these constraints are placing on the India-Pakistani relationship & the long-established Indus Water Treaty. As the article notes: “…Pakistan water resources are distinctive and limited. During the last few years due to scanty rains in Balochistan, lower Punjab and Sindh […]
Read more »India: Starting A Water Fight?
December 19th, 2009
Via Newsweek, a report that India may be positioning itself to gain control over two Afghan rivers . As the article notes: “…Washington has lately become concerned that Pakistan is dragging its feet in the fight against the Taliban because it sees the Islamists as a check on its archrival, India, whose influence in Afghanistan […]
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