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The Parched Tiger: In Kashmir, India and Pakistan Race to Tap the Himalayas
December 20th, 2017
Via The Times of India, an article on India and Pakistan’s rivalry on the Neelum River which underlines both countries’ unquenchable need for freshwater: Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are racing to tap the subcontinent’s diminishing […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Belt and Road Initiative Suffers a Double-Blow from Hydropower Agreements
November 29th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on the rejection of two Chinese hydropower projects in Asia: In May 2017, a number of memoranda of understanding were signed between China and Pakistan to construct several hydropower projects along the Indus River. The projects, known as the North Indus Cascade, include the development of five hydropower projects […]
Read more »Regional Cooperation and Water Security In South Asia
November 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a two piece series on regional cooperation and water security in South Asia: Key Points Strong governance mechanisms between countries are crucial to ensuring that physical supplies of water throughout the region are maintained and able to sustain agricultural production. India and Pakistan have developed what is considered to be a […]
Read more »Pakistan: Could Face Mass Droughts By 2025
September 23rd, 2017
Via The Independent, an article on Pakistan’s water crisis as as water level nears ‘absolute scarcity’: Pakistan could face drought in the near future according to experts in the country, who have warned the country will approach the “absolute scarcity” level of water by 2025. The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) made the grim forecast in a […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India Water ‘Dispute’ After Border Stand-Off
September 19th, 2017
Via the BBC, a report on an emerging dispute between China and India over water: China and India may have defused a potential border conflict but the stand-off seems to have led to dispute over another contentious issue: water. Delhi says it has not received any hydrological – the scientific study of the movement, distribution […]
Read more »In Pakistan, Arsenic-Laced Water Puts Millions At Risk
September 13th, 2017
Via WorldCrunch, a report on the tragedy unfolding with Pakistan’s water supply: In vintage crime novels, there is often someone murdered by slow poisoning, and arsenic has been a common weapon of choice. It works the same way in your body — slowly killing you — if it is present in the water you drink beyond a […]
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