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The Parched Tiger: Delhi Waits For Water
July 3rd, 2017
Via Circle of Blue, two interesting short videos (transcripts below) on Delhi’s water crisis: It’s a typical morning as Delhi awakens to its usual chaos. Legendary traffic jams. Vendors on the street. Beggars faces longingly pressed against car windows… selling flowers. But like many of the word’s urban centers, Delhi is thirsty… even parched. As […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Is Pakistan Sacrificing its Food and Water Security to Outmanoeuvre India?
June 21st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at China’s decision to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK): Back in May of this year, China pledged to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Where Is The Teesta’s Water?
June 19th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, some detailed background on the Teesta river in West Bengal and Sikkim, a simmering flashpoint to the relationship between India and Bangladesh: The debate over sharing the waters of the Teesta river has become critical to the relationship between Bangladesh and India. Rising in the eastern Himalayas, the Teesta flows through two […]
Read more »How India And Pakistan Are Competing Over The Indus River
June 1st, 2017
Via The Conversation, a look at the battle for the Indus: The Indus is one of Asia’s mightiest rivers. From its source in the northwestern foothills of the Himalayas, it flows through the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and along the length of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. The river and its five tributaries […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Planned China-Pakistan Indus Cascade A Himalayan Blunder
May 22nd, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, an interesting report on a China-Pakistan plan to build five dams in a row on the Indus which will stop the flow of silt to rejuvenate farms downstream, and will reduce water flow in the nine dry months of the year: The Indus at the site of the proposed Diamer-Basha dam The […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Drought And Turmoil For Coke And Pepsi In India
May 18th, 2017
Courtesy of Wilson Center and Circle of Blue, a report on the global implications of water, energy, and food challenges in the south India state of Tamil Nadu: Just after dusk on a warm mid-January evening, attorney DA Prabakar greeted several visitors on the dimly lit street in front of his home here in southern […]
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