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In recent years, the views of proponents and opponents of large dams have become polarised. In scientific and logical terms, both views cannot be correct. … Read More

Prof Asit K Biswas suggests a roadmap for water development in the eastern Indian state, and warns that a failure to implement it could lead to a crisis of monumental proportion in the next 10-15 years.… Read More

The main question facing the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America is not whether large dams have an important role to play in their economic and social development, but rather how best they can be planned, designed and constructed.… Read More

The water sector will meet its greatest challenges from non-water related sectors and issues. Asit K. Biswas highlights key factors affecting the turning tide.… Read More

Structural, institutional and legal reforms were essential for the development of Singapore and also to reduce sources of pollution going into the rivers.… Read More

Having reviewed the current situation carefully, my view is that Singapore should be significantly more concerned with droughts than floods, Asit K. Biswas, says.… Read More

Asit K. Biswas looks into the nation’s key sectors, and suggests ways to increase their productivity in the face of its growing population challenges.… Read More

Asit K. Biswas makes a passionate plea for a systemic urban management in India that seems to be passed over for long.… Read More

Despite these close water-energy inter-relationships, there is not a single country in the world which has an energy policy that explicitly considers water requirements for its implementation, or a water policy that considers its energy requirements. Both assume somehow that the other resource would be available to meet its future production requirements.… Read More

While much of the global attention has been focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues, poor water management has created a serious problem in terms of quality.… Read More