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The Parched Tiger: The Source of India’s Water Wars
September 20th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of water tensions in India: Rivers sharing boundaries, whether between other countries or internal states, are traditional points of conflict. Often governed by unpopular treaties, they are the subject of intense negotiations. India’s transboundary rivers are no exception. Political disputes surrounding India’s rivers are made all the more […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Riots – A Glimpse Into The Future?
September 14th, 2016
Via The Washington Post, another look at the water tensions boiling over in Bangalore: Authorities imposed a curfew Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bangalore to quell violence that erupted over a water-sharing agreement from a local river. Work ground to a halt at many of the city’s technology firms, streets were deserted and stores shuttered. […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Protests Over Water Supplies Hit India’s Tech Hub
September 13th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a report on recent water-related tension in India: Violent protests have broken out in the southern technology hub of Bangalore over a Supreme Court order to divert water from reservoirs to a neighbouring state. The protests have forced shops, businesses and schools to close in Bangalore, capital of Karnataka state, which has […]
Read more »Will Inland Navigation Positively Shift South Asia’s Water Debate?
September 12th, 2016
Via Spotlight Nepal, a look at the possibility that if Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram or Uttarakhand can see that containers from Europe or Japan can come to their doorsteps at Chatra or Chisapani and similar places elsewhere – and they could benefit from reduction in the cost of their goods – there would be […]
Read more »Indus Basin Groundwater Depletion: Unsteady Footings for India-Pakistan Relations
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing tensions in the Indus Basin: Background In the discourse between India and Pakistan the issue of water sharing has gained prominence this year with the move by Pakistan to take India to The Hague. This was an issue over the damming of the rivers feeding Pakistan, namely […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India and Pakistan Water Tensions Escalate to The Hague
August 11th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at how hydropower projects are sparking discord in the Indus River basin, but that real water management challenges go deeper: Officials in Pakistan are poised to take their clash with India over hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir to the highest levels of international arbitration. It marks […]
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