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The Parched Tiger: India/Pakistan Water Tensions
August 12th, 2013
Via The News Tribe, an article on water tension between India and Pakistan: With tension is heightened on Line of Control, India has coupled the complication by starting water war with Pakistan. India has speed up its efforts of constructing dams on Chenab River, sources said terming this move as ‘equal’ to water war. According […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China And India ‘Water Grab’ Dams Puts Himalayas In Danger
August 11th, 2013
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at China and India’s collective plans to develop more than 400 hydroelectric schemes are planned in the Himalayan region: The Ranganadi hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The future of the world’s most famous mountain range could be endangered by a vast dam-building project, as a risky regional race […]
Read more »Why An Afghan Dam May Set Back Peace
August 7th, 2013
Via the Christian Science Monitor, an article on a $200 million Afghan dam project will divert water from Iran: The water that grows western Afghanistan’s fresh produce, sprinkles its town parks with shade-giving trees, and slakes the thirst of war-weary Afghans, is becoming a point of tension with nearby Iran as a large dam under […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water – Indian Business’ New Crisis
July 6th, 2013
Via Forbes, a report on India’s water crisis: Even as the numbers of dead and missing rose from the disastrous floods in the Himalayan rivers, it was a water calamity of a different kind in southern India. In coastal Chennai, a base to automakers and IT services firms, a severe water shortage pushed several companies […]
Read more »Triumverate Behind Bhutan’s Hydropower
May 26th, 2013
Via The Financial Express, a report on a plan for 3 nations jointly move to build hydropower plants in Bhutan: Bangladesh, India and Bhutan will jointly construct cost-effective hydropower projects in Bhutan for mutual benefits, a top official said. Three neighbouring countries in South Asia have, for the first time, agreed to move jointly to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger And Thirsty Dragon: India And China Ink Agreements On Water Resources
May 22nd, 2013
Via The Times of India, an article on some new agreements aimed at enhancing cooperation between India and China over water: Weeks after the flare-up on the border issue, India and China on Monday sought to further improve their bilateral relations and firmed up eight agreements to enhance cooperation in a range of areas including […]
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