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Harnessing Water Resources In Nepal
February 10th, 2013
Via The Himalayan Times, an article on Nepal’s ambitious plans to develop and harness its water resources:  It has been long discussed about exploiting water resources in Nepal multilaterally. One among it was harnessing the Koshi River basin in eastern Nepal with concerted effort of Nepal‚ India and probably Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been lobbying hard […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Hydro-Hegemony
February 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on China’s water related role in Asia: ASIA is the world’s most water-stressed continent, a situation compounded by China’s hydro-supremacy in the region. Beijing’s recent decision to build a slew of giant new dams on rivers flowing to other countries is thus set to roil riparian relations. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Environmentalists Lose Fight to Stop Nu River Dams
February 9th, 2013
Via Time, a report on China’s plans to go ahead with the construction of a series of dams on the Nu River, also known as the Salween, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the nation: Workers fix a floating platform used for the construction of a dam on the Nu River, also known as […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Dwindling Water In China’s North
February 6th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on China’s water challenges: A signboard on the bank of a river channel warns people not to drink water polluted by the chemical aniline, following a recent spill in Shanxi Province, in dry northern China. When 39 tons of the toxic chemical aniline spilled from a factory in […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s River-Linking Project Mired In Politics
February 6th, 2013
Via the Guardian, some commentary on the slow progress of India’s plan to link 37 rivers that would save the country from drought and flood and help feed millions: A villager walks next to a dried canal near Santalpur village in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters The idea of linking India‘s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: India Urges China To Respect its River Rights
February 1st, 2013
Via Terra Daily, a look at the brewing water tension between India and China: India urged China on Thursday to respect its river rights following a media report that Beijing plans to build new hydroelectric plants on a waterway that the neighbours share. The Hindu newspaper reported Wednesday that China was looking at building three […]
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