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The Parched Tiger: Kashmir Now Faces Water Scarcity as Himalayan Glaciers Melt
May 3rd, 2024
Via Fair Observer, an article on the impact that climate change is having upon water supplies in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The winter of 2023–2024 was the driest on record, with major cities in the region such as the summer capital of Srinagar recording their hottest winter in 18 years. With the world projected to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Bengaluru’s Water Crisis Is Why Indian Cities Need ‘Water Urbanism’
May 2nd, 2024
Via Nagaland Post, commentary on Bengaluru’s water crisis and India’s need for ‘water urbanism’: India is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world according to a report by the NITI Aayog. The country is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s population, but it has only 4% of global water resources. Add […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How India’s Water Pollution Triggers Migration Waves
April 24th, 2024
Via Fair Planet, a look at how India’s water pollution triggers migration waves: In 2024, pollutants contaminating groundwater affected over two million people in India. What drives this trend and what can be done to reverse it? Farmers and experts offer their insights. Sunil Kumar, 45, a former resident of Bindhroli – a village in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Can India Withstand A Water Crisis?
April 18th, 2024
Via The Hindu BusinessLine, an article/podcast on the findings of a report on water efficiency in Indian Agriculture: In this episode of the State of the Economy Podcast, Subramani Ra Mancombu speaks to Rathish Balakrishnan, Co-founder of Sattva Consulting on the issue of water scarcity in Indian agriculture, highlighted in the report “Transforming Crop Cultivation: […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Most Innovative Cities Are Running Out of Water
April 4th, 2024
Via Japan Times, a report on India’s water crisis and its impact on the nation’s economic engine: At the time Egypt’s pyramids were being constructed, one of the cradles of global civilization grew up in the Indus Valley around the borders of what are today Pakistan and India. Its grid-planned cities produced sewage networks, delicate […]
Read more »China Ships Tibetan Glacier Water To Climate-Threatened Maldives
April 2nd, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on China’s recent shipment of bottled Tibetan water to the Maldives, a shipment that is both ironical and also impactful given India’s geopolitical interest in the Maldives and ongoing tensions between India and China: China has sent more than a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers to the […]
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