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Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options
July 22nd, 2016
Via The Cipher Brief, commentary on water security in South Asia: In the latest dispute between India and Pakistan, Islamabad has taken New Delhi to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague over a longstanding water treaty. The move does not bode well for bilateral mediation between the two adversarial neighbors, and it underscores […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Despite Suffering Its Worst Drought in Decades, India Is Water Exporter
July 15th, 2016
Via Bloomberg, a report on India’s practice of shipping out large amounts of water embedded within grains despite its depleting water supply: Jaiveer Arya wipes sweat from his brow as he squats in the shade and watches workers weigh his wheat crop at a grain market in India’s northern Haryana state. He’s hoping for a good price […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water Issues Spark Furore In Jammu & Kashmir Assembly
June 28th, 2016
Via Third Pole.net, commentary on water issues in Jammu & Kashmir from the Indus Waters Treaty to the ownership of major hydropower projects: The Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is one of the few owned by the J&K State Power Development Corporation Ltd. In 2011 Taj Mohi-u-Din, then the minister of irrigation in the state of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Drought and Water Security in India
June 21st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at India Key Points India faces national water scarcity by 2050 if current trends continue. States that usually have surplus water, such as Latur and Uttarakhan, currently experience acute water scarcity. Two consecutive drought years have served as a catalyst to long-standing water mismanagement issues. Poor infrastructure, a lack […]
Read more »The Regional Story Behind Afghanistan’s Salma Dam
June 6th, 2016
Via The Wire, a report on the recently completed Salma dam in Herat, Afghanistan: For over ten years, the construction of the Salma dam has stretched the capacity of Indian diplomacy, administration and engineering to its limits, as New Delhi kept track of competing warlords on one side to maintain security, and the finance ministry’s beancounters on Raisina […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Crisis Demands More Than Grand Projects
June 6th, 2016
Via The Conversation, an interesting look at potential solutions to India’s water crisis: India is facing one of its most serious droughts in recent memory – official estimates suggest that at least 330m people are likely to be affected by acute shortages of water. As the subcontinent awaits the imminent arrival of the monsoon rains, […]
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