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Indus Waters Treaty Rides Out Latest Crisis
September 25th, 2016
Via The Third Pole, an interesting look at how a recent terrorist attack has led to the questioning of the Indus Waters Treaty in India, but officially there is no move to change or rescind it: The 1960 World Bank-mediated Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan is considered one of the great success stories of water diplomacy, especially […]
Read more »Indus Basin Groundwater Depletion: Unsteady Footings for India-Pakistan Relations
September 1st, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on growing tensions in the Indus Basin: Background In the discourse between India and Pakistan the issue of water sharing has gained prominence this year with the move by Pakistan to take India to The Hague. This was an issue over the damming of the rivers feeding Pakistan, namely […]
Read more »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 […]
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