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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 […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon Vs. The Parched Tiger: China-Pakistan Water Pincer Against India
May 16th, 2017
Via the Times of India, a look at how China has stepped up its challenge to India by signing an accord with Pakistan to fund and build two mega-dams in Gilgit-Baltistan, which the United Nations recognizes as a disputed region and part of Jammu and Kashmir: China, which is working to re-engineer the trans-boundary flows […]
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