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The Parched Tiger: India And Pakistan To Go To War over Water?
April 7th, 2012
Via Oil Price.com, an article on the water tensions between India and Pakistan: A peaceful and stable Pakistan is integral to western efforts to pacify Afghanistan, but Islamabad’s obsessions with its giant eastern neighbor may render such issues moot. Since partition in 1947, Pakistan and India have fought four armed conflicts, in 1947, 1965, 1971 […]
Read more »Bangalore’s Water Requirements: “Over The Roof….Water Wars To Heat Up”
April 5th, 2012
Via India’s IBN, a report on Bangalore’s bubbling water tensions: The exponential growth of the city area (including the erstwhile eight urban local bodies), has pushed up Bangalore’s water requirements over the roof. Water demand in the summer season shoots up anywhere between 20 to 40 per cent in the city. Vigyanapura is feeling the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Proposal To Link Rivers Sparks Concern In Neighboring Countries
April 3rd, 2012
Via The BBC, an article on how a supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. As the report notes: “…Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers […]
Read more »Water: New Weapon Of Mass Conflict?
March 29th, 2012
Via The Hindustan Times, an article reflecting upon a classified US report that listed India’s three major river basins — Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra —among the world top 10 water conflict zones in ten years from now. “…The report based on National Intelligence Estimate on water security said the chances of water issues causing war […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India and Pakistan Resume Talks To Resolve Water Dispute
March 29th, 2012
Via NewsTrack India, a report on ongoing discussions between India and Pakistan over India’s plan to build a dam on River Jhelum, on its side of Kashmir. As the article notes: A 13-member delegation from Pakistan led by Water and Power Secretary; Imtiaz Kazi, resumed secretary level talks with Indian counterparts in New Delhi on […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Pakistan Gears Up For A New Water Fight With India
March 23rd, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report that Pakistan is gearing up for a new water fight with India, over a dam funded by international efforts to tackle global warming. As the article notes: The never-ending war over water resources between India and Pakistan has taken a new twist. Pakistan has registered its resentment against the United […]
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