The Ganga is more than a river. It is a lifeline, a sacred symbol, and a cornerstone of South Asian civilisation. But it is drying faster than ever before, and the consequences of inaction are…
Weaponizing the Indus Waters Treaty will undermine the efforts to help South Asia overcome its flawed & troubled colonial resource and river control legacies. Recovering the idea of the…
India has a strong case to revise the Indus Waters Treaty. But how it gets Pakistan onto the table will cast a shadow on its water-sharing deals with China and Bangladesh.
India and Bangladesh are due to renew their river water sharing agreement. Apart from politics, the 30-year-old treaty has been overrun also by climate change.
Available data does not establish that China’s mega-dam project on the Brahmaputra could divert water, alter flows, or trap sediments . The real risk is dam failure due to high seismic activity and…
The Medog dam project will grant China significant control over the Brahmaputra’s flow, potentially affecting water availability downstream. While it showcases the potential of renewable energy, it…
While structural differences exist between the European and Indian river basin management systems as in the hydroclimatic conditions and the social-political context, understanding the European…
Bihar’s strategy of accelerating pump electrification may expand irrigation but unauthorised pumps and unpaid tariffs will create anarchy in the rural grid and hinder rural development. However,…
‘If water is ‘unruly’, to what extent does it need to be ruled, if at all? What are the ecological and human costs of taming it to an extent that we either scuffle it, or reserve the advantages of…
Data from the National Sample Survey Office’s 2018-19 survey give a view of the Indian irrigation economy that confirms some widely held beliefs but also challenges others. India seems to have done…
