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The Parched Tiger: India Hastens Hydropower Projects In Jammu And Kashmir
July 24th, 2017
Via Third Pole, a look at India’s determination to utilize the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty to the full: At a time when hydropower dams are running into challenges across South Asia, and being dismantled in the US and Europe, the government of India is planning speedy construction of eight hydroelectricity projects in the Himalayan state of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Gilgit-Baltistan Problem
July 12th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a detailed look at India’s objections to Pakistan’s purported plan to merge Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) as its fifth province, based partially on water issues: Key Points Pakistan’s Kashmir-centric rhetoric notwithstanding, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is of greater importance to it as this region is vital for its water, energy and conventional security. The importance of […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Is Pakistan Sacrificing its Food and Water Security to Outmanoeuvre India?
June 21st, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a look at China’s decision to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK): Back in May of this year, China pledged to back Pakistan’s development of the North Indus River Cascade (NIRC), which involves building five dams in […]
Read more »How India And Pakistan Are Competing Over The Indus River
June 1st, 2017
Via The Conversation, a look at the battle for the Indus: The Indus is one of Asia’s mightiest rivers. From its source in the northwestern foothills of the Himalayas, it flows through the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and along the length of Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. The river and its five tributaries […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Planned China-Pakistan Indus Cascade A Himalayan Blunder
May 22nd, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, an interesting report on a China-Pakistan plan to build five dams in a row on the Indus which will stop the flow of silt to rejuvenate farms downstream, and will reduce water flow in the nine dry months of the year: The Indus at the site of the proposed Diamer-Basha dam The […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon Vs. The Parched Tiger: China-Pakistan Water Pincer Against India
May 16th, 2017
Via the Times of India, a look at how China has stepped up its challenge to India by signing an accord with Pakistan to fund and build two mega-dams in Gilgit-Baltistan, which the United Nations recognizes as a disputed region and part of Jammu and Kashmir: China, which is working to re-engineer the trans-boundary flows […]
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