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Keith Schneider2014-11-25 11:22:172016-03-14 11:56:35Meghalaya’s Coal Shutdown Order Tests Law and New Court’s ResolveDelhi is thirsty, even parched. As the 3rd largest population center in the world, its 25 million people need water, and lots of it, to survive. It’s clear that how India responds in the next months and years will have effects for generations. How will it mange the intensifying competition between water, food and energy in a changing climate?
It’s clear that getting enough water day-by-day is foremost on people’s minds. When the challenge is so great and children so thirsty, people often take their water sources into their own hands. Some entrepreneurs bring water by tank pulled by a tractor, and sell at an inflated rate. Others drill their own unsanctioned wells, some even in the middle of the street.
Additional India Coverage
Choke Point: India
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Keith Schneider2014-11-25 11:22:172016-03-14 11:56:35Meghalaya’s Coal Shutdown Order Tests Law and New Court’s Resolve
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Keith Schneider2014-05-28 08:54:412016-07-11 11:32:23India Harvests Sun and Wind to Save Water and Power a Slowing Economy
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Keith Schneider2014-05-15 08:47:172021-07-29 17:06:54India’s Treacherous Coal Mines in Meghalaya
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Keith Schneider2014-05-08 18:41:372021-02-08 14:16:31Uttarakhand Flood Disaster Made Worse By Existing Hydropower Projects, Expert Commission Says
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Keith Schneider2014-04-02 06:00:342022-03-14 12:47:15Uttarakhand’s Furious Himalayan Flood Could Bury India’s Hydropower ProgramChoke Point: India – eBook
Circle of Blue, in collaboration with the Wilson Center, explores India’s serious competition between water, food, and energy in a changing climate.
J. Carl Ganter is co-founder and director of Circle of Blue, the internationally recognized center for original frontline reporting, research, and analysis on resource issues with a focus on the intersection between water, food, and energy.
