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The Parched Tiger: India’s Looming Water Wars May Destroy Everything
April 6th, 2016
Via Quartz, a look at India’s growing water crisis: The drought killed Mahakant Mali. The 52-year-old soybean farmer left home under the pretext of getting water from the field behind his dwelling. He was found at dawn, hanging by the neck from a withered mango tree at the edge of his plot. “It was the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Northern India’s Disappearing Groundwater
April 4th, 2016
Via the Next Big Future, a report on northern India’s growing water stress: Beneath northern India’s irrigated fields of wheat, rice, and barley … beneath its densely populated cities of Jaiphur and New Delhi, the groundwater has been disappearing. Halfway around the world, hydrologists, including Matt Rodell of NASA, have been hunting for it. Where is […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Faces Its Worst Water Crisis Ever
March 29th, 2016
Via the BBC, a detailed look at India’s water crisis: On 11 March, panic struck engineers at a giant power station on the banks of the Ganges river in West Bengal state. Readings showed that the water level in the canal connecting the river to the plant was going down rapidly. Water is used to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian City Bans Gatherings Over Water Riot Fears
March 22nd, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a report on an Indian city’s decision to ban gatherings over water riot fears: Authorities in western India have banned groups of people from gathering near water sources in a drought-ridden city following violent skirmishes between increasingly desperate residents, officials said on Monday. Dnyaneshwar Chavan, the police chief of Latur, in Maharashtra state, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Government Underlines India’s Water Crisis
March 21st, 2016
Via The Third Pole, a detailed look at the deleterious impact that Indian subsidies for water and power are having: Scarcities due to climate change impacts will necessitate a focus on “more for less”, and this makes it imperative to redress the current system of incentives and subsidies, says the latest edition of India’s annual economic survey. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Dam Boom Stokes Concerns In Asia
March 16th, 2016
Via Nikkei Asian Review, some interesting commentary on the concerns arising in Asia that China is seeking to turn water into a potential political weapon: China’s centralized, megaprojects-driven approach to water resources is the antithesis of the situation in another demographic titan, India, where the constitution makes water an issue for state governments and where […]
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