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The Parched Tiger: India and Pakistan Water Tensions Escalate to The Hague
August 11th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at how hydropower projects are sparking discord in the Indus River basin, but that real water management challenges go deeper: Officials in Pakistan are poised to take their clash with India over hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir to the highest levels of international arbitration. It marks […]
Read more »Water Security in South Asia: Running Dry and Running Out of Options
July 22nd, 2016
Via The Cipher Brief, commentary on water security in South Asia: In the latest dispute between India and Pakistan, Islamabad has taken New Delhi to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague over a longstanding water treaty. The move does not bode well for bilateral mediation between the two adversarial neighbors, and it underscores […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Biggest Dam Stymied By Land Dispute
July 11th, 2016
Via Third Pole.net, a detailed look at how a small area at the center of the dispute between two tribes and two provinces is critically delaying the Diamer Bhasha dam and the China-Pakistan economic corridor: The site of the Diamer Dam site on the Indus River The construction of the Diamer Bhasha dam being built on the […]
Read more »Stressed Indus River Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supply
June 29th, 2016
Via Nature, a report on how population growth and agriculture have stressed the Indus, which flows the length of Pakistan: The Indus River, which supports the lives of 300 million people, is supplying Pakistan with less water than it did 50 years ago, particularly in the spring and summer, researchers have found. The news comes as demand […]
Read more »Dry Dams, Leaky Pipes and Tanker Mafias – Karachi’s Water Crisis
June 28th, 2016
Via The Guardian, a look at how Pakistan’s largest city is struggling to deliver water to residents amid a shortfall and claims of state mismanagement: A young boy sells water in Bilal Colony, Karachi. The city is currently meeting just 50% of its total water requirement. “There’s nothing here,” says Farzana Khatoun, surveying the dry […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Experts: Fear For The Country’s Future
June 15th, 2016
Courtesy of The Third Pole, a look at how – as its population explodes – Pakistan stares at a future where it will be a water scarce country: Dams, dams and more dams – of all sizes and kinds need to be built on a war footing because failing to do so would be disastrous […]
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