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Rapid Groundwater Depletion Threatens Pakistan Food Security
June 13th, 2015
Via Reuters, a look at Pakistan’s growing water/food crisis: Until recently, Ghulam Mustafa made a living growing sugarcane, rice, barley and wheat on his 10-acre farm in Punjab province. But these days he is struggling. The water available in wells in the area is dwindling, and the cost of pumping it to his crops is […]
Read more »Water Security In An Urbanising Pakistan
April 9th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, another look at Pakistan’s water crisis: Key Points Pakistan faces an acute water crisis which requires immediate action. Urbanisation will exacerbate water insecurity and present Pakistan with significant economic, social and political challenges. Water insecurity and climate change are contributing to the rapid increase in rural-urban migration. To ensure greater social […]
Read more »Karachi In Crisis: Water Shortages Spark Protests In Pakistan’s Largest City
April 8th, 2015
Via Future Directions, a report on how continuing water shortages in Karachi have sparked protests and demands that the provincial government do more to address the city’s growing crisis: Water scarcity is an ongoing challenge in the city of Karachi. Home to approximately 22 million people and rapidly expanding, the city’s neglected infrastructure cannot meet […]
Read more »Pakistan: Water Stressed To Water Starved
February 13th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at Pakistan’s worsening water crisis: Energy-starved Pakistanis, their economy battered by chronic fuel and electricity shortages, may soon have to contend with a new resource crisis: major water shortages, the Pakistani government warned this week. A combination of global climate change and local waste and mismanagement have led to […]
Read more »South Asia’s Hydro-Politics
December 1st, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting examination of South Asia’s hydro-politics: IT IS a thrill trekking beside the upper Marsyangdi river in northern Nepal. On view are spectacular waterfalls and cliffs, snowy Himalayan peaks, exotic birds and butterflies. But just where tourists and villagers delight in nature, hydropower engineers and economists have long been frustrated; […]
Read more »South Asia’s Water Dilemma
September 26th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting look at South Asia’s water challenges: Water is the most necessary constituent for the survival of living things on earth. Without water nothing can exist; it is the most precious gift of nature. Apart from the drinking usage, it is also vital for the economic and agricultural development of any […]
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