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The Parched Tiger: India Can Avoid Water Wars By Mixing Old and New Solutions
June 6th, 2016
Via The Hindustan Times, an interesting article on India’s water crisis: Drinking water shortages are known to spark scuffles , but last week, it led to Sunil Giri, 23, losing his life. Giri was beaten to death in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand for objecting to his neighbour Anwar Hussain taking more than his share […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Severe Drought Causing Havoc
June 3rd, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed update on India’s water crisis, where water scarcity is forcing millions of rural Indian into already over-crowded cities: On Monday, as it’s been for weeks now, hundreds of farmers from mountainous Bundelkhand, a drought-ravaged region of north central India, climbed down from the Mahakaushal Express and headed for […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India To ‘Divert Rivers’ To Tackle Drought
May 25th, 2016
Via BBC, a report on India’s water stress: India is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has told the BBC. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said transferring water, including from major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Ganges, to drought-prone areas is now her government’s […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Nightmare
May 16th, 2016
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at India’s water shortages and how management – rather than drought – may be to blame: AT THE dawn of time Lord Vishnu made gods and demons join in churning the milky oceans to extract an elixir of eternal life. After cheating the demons of their share, Vishnu spilled […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Armed Guards Protect Last Water In Drought-Parched Indian City
May 10th, 2016
Via Eco-Business, a sobering report on India’s water crisis as households and farmers wrestle over scanty water from the Jamuniya River, the only remaining drinking water source in a drought-stricken village which suffered a 57 per cent below average rainfall this year: Authorities in this drought-parched city in central India have deployed round-the-clock armed guards […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India, Bangladesh and the Farakka Barrage
May 10th, 2016
Via Future Direction International, a detailed examination of the water sharing agreements between Bangladesh and India: Key Points The Farakka Barrage was created by India in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges River system. Bangladesh is a lower riparian country that heavily relies on the flow of the Ganges to meet its food and […]
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