Uttarakhand’s Furious Himalayan Flood Could Bury India’s Hydropower Program
A treacherous mountain range unleashes a torrent of water, mud, and boulders that was long anticipated and willfully ignored.
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This Is India — TII
A correspondent’s thoughts on food, wildlife, transport, and politics. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is a beautiful hill station city in Northeast, India. Click image to enlarge. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue SHILLONG, India — This beautiful and tidy hill station city in Meghalaya, in Northeast […]
The Stream, February 7: India Looks to Solar Power for Agricultural Water Pumps
Agriculture A switch to solar-powered irrigation pumps could save India $US 6 billion each year in electricity and fuel subsidies, Bloomberg News reported. The government is looking to replace 200,000 old pumps with solar pumps in the next five years, but will require farmers that receive subsidies to buy the new pumps to switch to […]
Torrent of Water and Questions Pour From India’s Himalayas
One year later, Circle of Blue’s senior editor Keith Schneider returns to India for our second round of reporting on water, food, energy problems in the region.
The Stream, October 30: Iran & India’s Presidents Call for Water Conservation
Water Conservation Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, has said that it will take “national will” for Iran to conserve its scarce water supplies, urging his top ministers to create a national plan for water conservation, Bloomberg News reported. The president outlined priorities such as curbing illegal well drilling and improving the efficiency of irrigation […]
The Stream, October 10: India Pursues Water-efficiency Monitoring
India A newly formed government agency in India will monitor the country’s water use and the efficiency of water systems in order to combat leaks and waste in agriculture and other industries, Bloomberg News reported. India plans to reduce the amount of water wasted by one fifth. Climate Change By the middle of this century, […]
The Stream, September 13: China and India Invest More than U.S. in Water
Water Infrastructure The United States spends just 2 percent of its gross domestic product on water infrastructure, while China spends 7 percent and India spends 5 percent, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bloomberg News reported. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the U.S. needs to spend $US 384 billion by 2030 […]
The Stream, August 21: China Reluctant to Engage in India’s Water Management Plans
In the fifth round of India-China Strategic Dialogue, India pressed for an inter-governmental body to deal with water issues between the two nations, only to be met with a “less than enthusiastic” response from China, The Economic Times reported. Concerned over its neighbor’s ongoing dam production, India hopes for greater cooperation in the use of trans-border […]
Map: India’s Energy Reserves, Capacity, and Potential Renewable Energy (2008-2012)
Click through the interactive infographic to see how India, the world’s fastest-growing nation with the second-highest population, races to meet rising demand for energy.
Breaking India’s Cycle of Waste and Risk
Small-scale projects offer solutions to India’s water, food, and energy choke points. Still, India’s government seems determined to duplicate the frantic program of industrial development, economic growth, centralization, and one-size-fits-all silver bullets that China and the West are pursuing. The consequence is an endemic pattern of resource waste that is firmly embedded in India’s political system, causing economic and ecological havoc.
Mismanagement of Abundance: Constellation of Coal Mines Across India Not Enough to Prevent Blackouts
Despite the push for renewable energy alternatives to address water and climate concerns, India plans to keep coal as its primary source of electricity. But corruption, bureaucracy, slow environmental reviews, and inefficient transmission lines are hampering domestic production and causing unstable power supply.
