One More Reason Why India - Pakistan Relations Are Tense

The Kishenganga dam project in Kashmir is a crucial part of India’s plans to feed its rapidly growing but power-starved economy. Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times

Water Dispute Increases India-Pakistan Tension -- New York Times

BANDIPORE, Kashmir — In this high Himalayan valley on the Indian-controlled side of Kashmir, the latest battle line between India and Pakistan has been drawn.

This time it is not the ground underfoot, which has been disputed since the bloody partition of British India in 1947, but the water hurtling from mountain glaciers to parched farmers’ fields in Pakistan’s agricultural heartland.

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My Comment: In my travels throughout Asia, I have seen the growing impact that pollution and the shortage of fresh water has had on the region. When I first traveled through the region in the late 1980s, pollution was a problem .... but a minor one, and fresh water was in short supply .... but still available.

Today .... Asia's pollution is beyond horrendous, and fresh water .... the cost of obtaining it has become expensive and .... in some cases .... unobtainable. Therefore for Pakistan .... a society that is undergoing extreme turmoil on the political/economic/social level .... any hint of India tampering with the water supply will result in the reaction that we see today.