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081002 Tibetan Plateau@water source for continent
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Tibetan Plateau@water source for continent
Indian professor has given his view with
a long article to the Japan Times. The Professor,
a head of the world water institute in Delhi,
described in this article, by beginning with
the tenacity of China's water content to
be focused on tight. "The battles of
yesterday were fought over land. Those of
today are over energy. But the battles of
tomorrow will be over water. ", the
professor gave a serious expression in short
writing.
We see at the world that Asia is rich in
water. The Middle Eastern countries are visiting
Cambodia to secure lands for agriculture
because of uncertainty for their food security
in the future. I know that tunnels of trees
in roads like in South Asia could not see,
because these phenomena can happen only rainfall
more than 2000mm per annum.
But, the professor is explaining that water
resources for drinking water are very small.
Two-thirds of the earth is water, but, the
water without salt is only 2.5 percent, and,
if excluding the Antarctic and Arctic ice,
it will be decreased to 1 percent. He had
a conversation on the seriousness of water
problems in China saying that China's Tibetan
Plateau Water is irreplaceable.
President Hu Jintao, in 1989, implemented
the martial law to maintain the movement
of Tibet, and Premier Wen Jiabao said, "
Water scarcity, threatens the very survival
of the Chinese nation." The problem
of water shortage is thanatobiologic shedding
of China, the word originated. The more ominous
words, the Minister of Water Resources Wang
Shucheng, in the words of the "To fight
for every drop of water or die, that is the
challenge facing China.", Said. Tibet,
in the vast area of the glaciers and underground
water, has enormous water resources.
Professor emphasized that the characteristics
of the water resources of Tibet is not content
but with the altitude 5,000 m above sea level,
and this means immense value. Literally,
if possible gravity irrigation in agriculture
as in Japan, but in India, irrigation pumps
to increase the capacity of this preferential
electricity rates for agriculture due to
the power sector in India is poor. Japan's
power to favor agriculture, but fewer pumps,
is not a problem.
The Tibetan Plateau, because of the amount,
and due to the height, are so dominant in
the Asian continent's major rivers. In particular,
India's Brahmaputra River and the Indus River
is thoroughly dependent to Tibet. China,
in Brahmaputra River at Gorge's famous "flex
point of a large Great Bend", has a
plan to build a dam. And, this point is in
China's territory just before reaching the
border with India. Beijing can get water
with gravity alone to carry the water.
He has, not just Tibet China trying to attack,
but said the role of the International Rivers
Institution. This happens in major international
rivers to the inclusion of some international
institutions is needed, has said. The requirements
of the institutions are to ensure transparency
and information sharing, prevention of river
pollution, and prevention of diversion of
the river basin to the outside, he said.
Mekong River Commission, in the absence of
China, is not fully functional.
Reference
Nepal
081002A Nepal, gulf-times
India and Nepal agree to tame Kosi by March
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=245112&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24
Myanmar
081002B Myanmar, irrawaddy
Chinese Dam Incurs KIO Wrath
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=14360
China
081002C China, search.japantimes
Averting Asian water wars
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20081002bc.html
India
081002D India, Economic Times
Hindujas begin work on $15 billion power
plan in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/Hindujas_begin_work_on_15_billion_power_plan_in_India/articleshow/3548102.cms
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