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The Parched Tiger: 3 Maps Explain India’s Growing Water Risks
February 27th, 2015
Via the World Resources Institute, an interesting look at India’s water stress: India is one of the most water-challenged countries in the world, from its deepest aquifers to its largest rivers. Groundwater levels are falling as India’s farmers, city residents and industries drain wells and aquifers. What water is available is often severely polluted. And […]
Read more »Sharing of Teesta Water Critical for India-Bangladesh Relations
February 11th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a look at India and Bangladesh’s sharing of the Teesta River: Bangladesh is a lower riparian state to the 53 rivers that it shares with India. As a result, the country is vulnerable to the interests of its upstream neighbour. The Ganga Water Sharing Treaty of 1996 remains the only water-sharing […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Unpredictible Water Resources
January 30th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of India’s water challenge: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient sector […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water Use Reform Will Be Difficult for Fractured India
January 28th, 2015
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the difficulty facing India in water reform: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: A New Look At Sino-India Water Wars
January 20th, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, one observer’s commentary that the Sino-India ‘water wars’ narrative has been overblown and there is a need for a better understanding of China’s intent: For years, Indian security analysts, most notably Dr. Brahma Chellaney, have been warning of the coming water wars between India and China. While water issues could emerge as […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Diverting The Indus To Xinjiang
January 11th, 2015
Via Claude Arpi, some interesting commentary on a possible Chinese plan to divert the Indus river towards Xinjiang: On Christmas Day, The New York Times reported: “Within a few days, water that has traveled more than 800 miles for two weeks in one of the world’s most ambitious, and controversial, engineering projects is expected to […]
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