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The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: After 50 Years Of Planning, Brahmaputra Diversion Again On The Cards
April 21st, 2014
Courtesy of Claude Arpi’s blog, a look at China’s long held interest in the Brahmaputra’s water resources: The Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) Though the project of a mega dam on the Brahmaputra (or worse, the diversion of the river) is today ‘officially’ denied by Beijing, there is no doubt that some scientists are […]
Read more »Water Wars: The Next Clash between India and China
April 21st, 2014
Via Geopolitical Monitor, additional commentary on the tension between India and China over water resources: A China watcher named Claude Arpi has drawn attention to a recently posted article on the website of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission under China’s Ministry of Water Resources. The article speaks of the necessity and feasibility of diverting the […]
Read more »Taming The Brahmaputra
April 20th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at Bangladesh’s efforts to tame the Brahmaputra river: A MAN-MADE spur juts into the mighty Jamuna river—known as the Brahmaputra upstream, over the border in India—near the town of Enayetpur. The solid wall was built, expensively, to control the massive flow of the river. But erosion now eats deep […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Worsening Water Crisis
April 18th, 2014
Via The Diplomat, a look at how 114 million Indians will soon face desperate domestic, agricultural and industrial shortages borne of a water crisis: In northern India, groundwater supplies are being depleted faster than natural processes can replenish them. According to The World Bank, India is the largest user of ground water in the world, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: UN Report Stresses Upcoming Water Crisis In India
April 16th, 2014
Via Future Directions, commentary on India’s water crisis: A UN report released recently predicts that as many as 3.4 billion people will be living in “water-scarce” countries by 2025. The report is particularly grim when it refers to India’s water security. While India is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, it only […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Furious Himalayan Flood Could Bury India’s Hydropower Program
April 2nd, 2014
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at how a treacherous mountain range in India’s Uttarakhand region unleashed a torrent of water, mud, and boulders that was long anticipated and willfully ignored, and the impact it will have upon India’s hydropower plans: The Uttarakhand flood exceeded every previous high-end boundary of water surge, […]
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