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The Parched Tiger: Should India And Bangladesh Find An Alternative To Teesta Water Sharing Deal?
September 23rd, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on water tensions between India and Bangladesh: The recent visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India once again highlighted the continuous deepening of bilateral relations. In the last one decade or so both countries have not only been able to solve a number of long-pending disputes but also made […]
Read more »Are ‘Water Wars’ Coming to Asia?
September 17th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a look at how climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia: A recently published study by a team of scientists from the University of Texas in Austin, Penn State, and Tsinghua University in Nature climate change journal found that terrestrial water storage (TWS) in the Qinghai-Tibet […]
Read more »The Ganges Waters Treaty: What Will Happen After 2026?
September 14th, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of the Ganges Water Treaty and what may happen after 2026: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited India from 5 to 8 September 2022. During the visit, Dhaka and New Delhi signed seven memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreed on certain issues of bilateral importance. One of the MoUs is on the water […]
Read more »Latest Water-Sharing Deal Between Bangladesh and India: A ‘Drop in the Ocean’
September 14th, 2022
Via Mongabay, commentary on the latest water-sharing deal between Bangladesh and India: Bangladesh and India share 54 rivers that flow down from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, chief among them the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. Managing the flow of water both upstream and down is crucial for agriculture, navigation, inland fisheries, and keeping […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: A Teesta River Water-Sharing Deal Is Critical for Bangladesh-India Ties
September 14th, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on a new river sharing deal between India and Bangladesh: On the face of it, the joint communique issued at the end of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi on September 7 was quite impressive, with India being involved in a number of big-ticket infrastructure and […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: The Colonial Impact On India’s Water Systems
September 7th, 2022
Via Vardhman Envirotech, commentary on the colonial impact on India’s approach to water: Within a year of its independence, India turned off a tap. The Indus water partition had left India in possession of the Ferozepur headwork’s that fed Pakistan’s fields. Friction over Kashmir and water intertwined and India cut off water supply for Lahore […]
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