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Pakistan’s Water Troubles (Part 2)
January 28th, 2012
Again, via Celsias, another look at Pakistan’s water crisis: “…No doubt Pakistan’s water crisis is predominantly a manmade problem. Pakistan’s climate is not particularly dry and nor is it lacking in rivers and groundwater. Extremely poor management, unclear laws, government corruption, and industrial and human waste have caused this water supply crunch and rendered what […]
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January 24th, 2012
Via Celsias, a look at Pakistan’s water troubles: Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent with a population in 2011 of  3,879,000,000 (3.8 billion). It covers 8.6% of the Earth’s total surface area (or 29.9% of its land area) and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world’s current human […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Dam Indus-trialization Program
January 16th, 2012
Via Pakistan’s The News, a report that India has prepared a master plan to construct nine more large dams in Laddakh region in occupied Kashmir in addition to Nimoo-Bazgo and Chuttak hydropower projects on the Indus River. These 9 dams will generate 1055 MW of electricity.  As the article notes: “…India is already set to […]
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December 18th, 2011
Courtesy of AquaDoc’s WaterWired, a brief report on a study indicating that Pakistan is facing severe water stress in the months ahead. As the article notes: The Water Team’s most important finding is that a water crisis is at hand in Pakistan, with the population growing exponentially while available water per capita is dropping dramatically. […]
Read more »Peace Through Water? Why South Asia Needs A Kabul River Treaty
December 2nd, 2011
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting report on south Asia water tensions emanating from the Kabul River. As the article notes: Pakistan is once again accusing India of water hegemony. This time, however, the accusation refers not to Indian damming of the Western Rivers in the disputed regions of Jammu and Kashmir, but to Indian support […]
Read more »Water Fight: How South Asia’s Unquenchable Thirst May Threaten The Region’s Peace
November 23rd, 2011
Courtesy of The Economist, an excellent article reviewing how a growing rivalry between India, Pakistan, and China over the region’s great rivers may threaten South Asia’s peace: SONAULLAH PHAPHO has spent half a century picking a living from Wular lake high in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Today he is lucky if he scoops a fish or two […]
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