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The Thirsty Dragon: Inside China’s Water Industrial Complex
April 15th, 2012
Via The China Economic Review, a report on China’s water industrial complex: Few countries would be capable of projects such as the Three Gorges Dam or North-South Water Diversion. Others would not consider them. In the US, more large dams are now being decommissioned than being built, often for environmental reasons. Yet China is already […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Plans To Turn Northeast India Into A Hydroelectric Powerhouse
April 9th, 2012
Courtesy of China Dialogue, a look at tension over plans to turn north-east India into a hydroelectric powerhouse. As the article notes: A new “powerhouse†is emerging in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. Public and private companies have proposed 168 massive dams, to produce 57,000 megawatts of hydropower, in this strategically important […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India And Pakistan Move To Avert Water Wars
April 9th, 2012
Via Pakistan’s The International News, a report of Indian and Pakistani support of a new mechanism to avoid water issues. As the article notes: Pakistan and India have agreed in principle of a need to set up an independent office of the Indus Water Commission (IWC) comprising neutral experts from outside the South Asian region […]
Read more »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 »World Bank Increases Support For Trans-Boundary Management Of The Mekong
April 7th, 2012
Via Xinhua.net, a report that the World Bank is augmenting its support of the trans-boundary management initiatives for the Mekong. As the article notes: The World Bank has committed more than 63.7 billion kip (about 8 million U.S. dollars) to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to promote trans-boundary management of regional river resources. While there […]
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 […]
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