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The Parched Tiger: India’s $80B Coal Push Threatens Water Access In Dry Zones
June 12th, 2025
Via Investing.com, a report on how India’s $80 billion coal push threatens water access in dry zones: According to a Reuters report, India’s aggressive push to expand coal-fired power generation — nearly $80 billion by 2031 — is compounding an already dire water crisis in the country’s driest districts. A majority of new coal projects […]
Read more »China To Speed Up Pakistan Dam Constructions After Indian Threat To Cut Water Supplies
May 20th, 2025
Via South China Morning Post, an article on China ‘s indication that it will speed up Pakistan dam construction after Indian threat to cut supplies: China has said it was accelerating work on a “flagship” dam in Pakistan in the wake of India’s recent threats to cut off water supplies. The state-owned China Energy Engineering […]
Read more »China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Grand Canyon
May 17th, 2025
Via Yale e360, a report on how China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, which fears that China could hold back or even weaponize river water it depends on. China has announced […]
Read more »India’s Indus Waters Treaty Suspension: What Happens Next?
May 12th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a report on how – amid diplomatic escalations and exacerbating climate conditions – India can prioritize regional stability and safeguard its own interests in the Indus River? In the wake of the horrific attack on unarmed civilians in Pahalgam in April, New Delhi made the momentous decision to suspend the Indus Waters […]
Read more »What India’s River Moves mean for South Asian Water Cooperation
May 10th, 2025
Via Dialogue Earth, commentary on how India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty marks a turning point in transboundary water diplomacy with Pakistan – and could destabilise South Asian regional cooperation: On 23 April, India announced it would suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a landmark water-sharing agreement with Pakistan signed in 1960. The move marked a […]
Read more »India Starts Work On Hydro Projects After Suspending Treaty With Pakistan
May 7th, 2025
Via Dawn, a report that India has started work on several hydro projects after suspending the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan: India has begun work to boost reservoir holding capacity at two hydroelectric projects in the India-occupied Kashmir, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, after fresh escalation with Pakistan led it to suspend the Indus Waters […]
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