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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, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: UN Report Predicts Grim Scenario For India
March 24th, 2014
Via the Times of India, an article on a recent UN report looking at water stress around the world: As the world is already staring at impending water crisis due to climate change, population increase and pollution, a UN report has predicted that as many as 3.4 billion people will be living in “water-scarce” countries […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Battle On The Brahmaputra
March 21st, 2014
Via BBC News, an interesting look at China and India’s race to capture the energy potential of the vast Brahmaputra river: On the banks of the Brahmaputra it is hard to get a sense of where the river starts and ends. It begins far away as a Tibetan mountain stream. On the floodplains of Assam, though, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Tensions Over The Yarlung Tsangpo River
March 11th, 2014
Courtesy of China Dialogue, a close three-part look at the Yarlung Tsangpo river – one of the world’s great transboundary rivers – which starts on the Tibetan Plateau before passing through India and Bangladesh. As background, the Yarlung Tsangpo Brahmaputra-Jamuna river, begins in the high glaciers of the Tibetan Himalaya. Its most dramatic passages come […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Big Dams Create Big Problems In Northeast India
March 1st, 2014
Via the India Water Portal, a look at how hydropower development is creating various types of conflict in Northeast India: Northeast India has been in turmoil over the last two decades or so because of unbridled hydropower development in the region. This article is an effort to understand the extent of hydropower development in the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Increasing Signs Of Crisis In India’s Water Sector in 2013
January 18th, 2014
Via the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers, and People, a summary look at water issues facing India at the end of 2013: Year-end provides a wonderful opportunity for us to take stock of siatuations. If we look at India’s water sector, the above-average rainfall in 2013 monsoon would mean good agricultural production. But the […]
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