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5 May 2016- 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TOMSK, Russia A recent proposal to transfer as much a billion cubic meters of water from Russia’s Altai region to China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has raised concerns among Russian environmentalists and experts. The possibility of selling water
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2 Jun 2015- 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent LAUSANNE, Switzerland Beijing’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics could have a negative impact on the country’s water resources, according to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) report released on June 1st. “Reliance on artificial snowmaking [for
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9 Oct 2013- 10:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent BEIJING, China A leading Chinese think-tank has accused India of leveraging international support to pressure China not to build dams on the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River. The influential National Institute of International Strategy at the state-run
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28 Jun 2013- 10:03 by OOSKAnews Correspondent OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan The Kazakh Ministry of Regional Development earlier this month proposed transferring water from the trans-boundary Irtysh River to central Kazakhstan, in an effort to solve the problem of a drinking and irrigation water shortages
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China’s largest-ever Tibetan water control project will begin operations in October, Qiu Zhixing, a project director in charge of construction announced this week.
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Tajikistan’s plans to construct the estimated $3 billion USD Roghun Hydropower Project on the Vakhsh River will not threaten regional security, according to World Bank Regional Director for Central Asia Saroj Kumar Jha.
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The Chinese government has approved construction of three more hydropower dams on the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River in the Tibetan region as part of a new energy development plan for 2015.
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30 Jan 2013- 09:55 by Local Press Report dhaka The Financial Express Bangladesh state-backed water agency has moved to provide piped water to the capital's largest slum Korail by the end of December this year, the executive head of WASA has said. Although the Dhaka water Supply and Sewerage
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Central Asian officials, NGOs and multilateral financing institutions will discuss Tajikistan’s massive and controversial Roghun hydropower project at the Second Meeting of Stakeholders and Civil Society on November 7.
