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Water Woes For Failing States: The Last Straw In South Asia?
July 4th, 2009
Via Foreign Policy, a sobering look at the likely impact that water shortages will have upon already tense relations between India and Pakistan. As the report notes, the Kashmiri water crisis has the potential to plunge South Asia into chaos: “…When it comes to the stability of one of the world’s most volatile regions, it’s […]
Read more »Bangladesh & India: Concerns Over Tipaimukh Dam Project
May 29th, 2009
Via Global Voices, a report on the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project being constructed near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers, in Manipur, India and within 100km of Bangladesh border. As the article notes, from the start this project faced protests from potentially affected people in India, and from the downstream neighbor Bangladesh: “…It is being […]
Read more »India: Water Wars Starting Decades Ahead Of Predictions
May 17th, 2009
Via Ecoworldly, a tragic & sobering look at how rainfall patterns — altered by climate change — and inequities in the water distribution system have led to a water crisis in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. As the article notes, this has led to a spurt in water related violence and conflict, the […]
Read more »Bangladesh & India: Concerns Over Proposed Dam’s Impact on Downstream Tributaries
April 14th, 2009
Via Terra Daily, a report on Bangladesh’s recent plans to send experts to India to investigate claims a proposed dam in northeastern Assam state would dry up downstream tributaries crucial for farmers. As the article notes: “…Bangladesh has for five years protested against the dam at Tipaimukh because of fears it would affect the flow […]
Read more »India & China: A Dam(n) Race on the Brahmaputra
April 12th, 2009
Via The Tibetan Plateau blog, a report that India and China may be about to undertake a race to dam the Brahmaputra. As the article notes: “…Worried that China might build a very big dam on the Brahmaputra River near its borders, India has recently approved two big dams of their own, “in principle”, on […]
Read more »Dam Development in Tibet Affecting Downstream Nations
March 31st, 2009
Via The Tibetan Plateau blog, a report on dam development in the Tibetan areas of Brahmaputra and Mekong that will impact downstream nations. As the article notes: 1. Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo), one of the last two free-flowing, undammed major rivers in Tibet, AND China, is also being dammed. Salween is the other major river that […]
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