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NEW DELHI: The Centre will fast-track environmental clearances of all pending and proposed projects in the Indus River Basin in J&K to utilise the maximum amount of water from the river system in ...
Following the government's decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance after the Pahalgam attack, the Centre will expedite environmental clearances for pending and proposed projects in ...
“India has two options: share water fairly, or we will deliver water to us from all six rivers,” Bilawal Bhutto said, referring to the six rivers of the Indus basin.
HT had reported on May 3 that the Indus river basin, among the most vulnerable regions globally to climate change, is experiencing dramatically different impacts across its eastern and western ...
[NEW DELHI, SciDev.Net] A disputed India-Pakistan water treaty should be strengthened to factor in challenges such as climate change or scrapped entirely, say water experts amid heightened tensions ...
But as fast as the river itself is drying up, the groundwater in the area surrounding it is disappearing faster. Since 2003, the region has lost as much as 42.5 cubic kilometers of groundwater, or ...
A recent report by Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority (IRSA) reveals a 13.3% year-on-year shortfall in water released from the Indus basin, intensifying the already dire situation for ...
Pakistan Faces Severe Water Crisis Amid Extreme Heat, Indus Waters Shortage This water shortage may prove catastrophic for farmers as the Kharif sowing season has begun, but the Southwest Monsoon ...