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The Parched Tiger: Pumped Dry – India Faces Its Worst Water Crisis In Generations
March 16th, 2017
Via Quartz, a look at India’s water crisis: India is facing a perfect storm in managing water. Centuries of mismanagement, political and institutional incompetence, indifference at central, state and municipal levels, a steadily increasing population that will reach an estimated 1.7 billion by 2050, a rapidly mushrooming middle class demanding an increasingly protein-rich diet that […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Fast Tracks Hydro Projects In Disputed Kashmir
March 15th, 2017
Via Newsweek, a report on recent actions by India to fast track hydropower projects in Kashmir: India has fast-tracked hydropower projects worth $15 billion in Kashmir in recent months, three federal and state officials said, ignoring warnings from Islamabad that power stations on rivers flowing into Pakistan will disrupt water supplies. The swift approval of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Pakistan’s Water Crisis And The Indus Water Treaty
February 24th, 2017
Via the Eurasia Review, an article on Pakistan’s water crisis and the Indus Water Treaty: It is well known that Pakistan is one of the most “water stressed” countries of the world. Currently its per capita annual water capability is 1017 cubic metres- that is perilously close to a threshold of 1000 cubic metres. Back […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Tech Capital Looks For Answers To Water Shortage
February 13th, 2017
Via Eco-Business, an interesting look at an innovative programme seeks to stop the tap from running out on India’s growing tech sector: Bengaluru, a city of 11 million, formerly known as Bangalore, is home to India’s software giants and its startups, as well as multinationals such as Samsung, Oracle and Amazon.?com. The growing tech sector symbolises urban India’s upward […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Tamil Nadu’s Struggle With Severe Water Stress
February 8th, 2017
Via New Security Beat, a detailed look at Tamil Nadu’s struggle with Severe water stress: Among the 75 government agencies that manage and regulate this bewitching and often impassioned nation, there is no Ministry of the Future. There should be. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has stirred a buying spree, coaxing domestic and international investors to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Desalination Is Not The Solution to Southern India’s Water Stress
February 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at desalination’s potential to stave off India’s water woes: The long-running drought in southern India appears likely to continue into the early months of 2017. All 32 districts in Tamil Nadu have been declared drought-affected with annual rainfall between 35 and 80 per cent below average in 2016. Both the south-west […]
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