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The Water Future Of Earth’s ‘Third Pole’
June 28th, 2019
Via Eurasia Review, a look at the water future of the Himalaya: Himalaya. Karakoram. Hindu Kush. The names of Asia’s high mountain ranges conjure up adventure to those living far away, but for more than a billion people, these are the names of their most reliable water source. Snow and glaciers in these mountains contain […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Dry Lakebeds and Fights For Water In South India
June 26th, 2019
Via Terra Daily, an update on south India’s drought crisis: Angry residents fight in queues at water taps, lakes have been turned into barren moonscapes and restaurants are cutting back on meals as the worst drought in living memory grips India’s Chennai. The hunt for water in south India’s main city has become an increasingly […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Why India Must Get Its Act Together On Water Diplomacy
June 22nd, 2019
Via Brahma Chellaney, interesting commentary on the need for India to activate more efforts around water diplomacy: Narendra Modi’s rise as the dominant force in Indian politics cannot obscure the daunting foreign-policy challenges he faces, including on transnational water issues. For example, communist-ruled Nepal’s tilt towards China is apparent not only from the mandatory Mandarin in many […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Sixth Biggest City Is Almost Entirely Out Of Water
June 21st, 2019
Via CNN, an article on India’s water scarcity crisis: The floor of the Chembarambakkam reservoir is cracked open, dry and sun-baked. About 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) away, in Chennai, India’s sixth largest city, millions of people are running out of water. Chembarambakkam and the three other reservoirs that have traditionally supplied Chennai are nearly all dry, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Confronts Unprecedented Water Crisis
June 18th, 2019
Via The Asia Times, an article on India’s drought: A water crisis of epic proportions looms as taps run dry across urban and rural India. In some parts of the country, private companies are asking their employees to work from home since they have run out of water. However, even as most parts of India reel under […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Catastrophic Drought
June 13th, 2019
Via Third Pole, a sobering report that on the severity of India’s drought: On June 5, it drizzled for about ten minutes over most of Marathwada in India’s western state of Maharashtra. That made headlines in the local media, because it was the first time since August 17, 2018, that anyone had seen a drop […]
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