OPINION

Water woes taking an increasingly hard toll on Asia

News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 28/04/2016

» Asia's water woes are worsening. Already the world's driest continent in per capita terms, Asia now faces a severe drought that has parched a vast region extending from southern Vietnam to central India. This has exacerbated political tensions, because it has highlighted the impact of China's dam-building policy on the environment and on water flows to the dozen countries located downstream.