kalu_miah
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I fully agree..this is just an Idea, still a very long way to get approved. Even if China want to divert some water from Tibet, it should chose the ones that is not affect downstream such India, BD or the rest. Maybe create artificial canal with nuclear plan to melt those icy snow is also an Idea.
Good to hear such sentiments. But the reality on the ground is that dams are being built and it is already affecting flow of existing rivers at sources in Tibet.
Regional rivers that is shared by many nations should be managed by multiple nations that share that river. Unilateral management like India has been doing since its birth in 1947 has already contributed to ecological disasters (desertification, rising Arsenic level etc.) and economic hardship in Bangladesh:
.:: International Farakka Committee ::.
.:: International Farakka Committee ::.
This is one reason I promote regionalism. In Asia, we need regional management of Asian resources. Asian regional effort for conflict management and resource sharing will be very important for the future of the region to avoid hostile moves by bigger nations, specially to protect interest of smaller nations.
Melting ice artificially is not an option. Glaciers are already melting due to global warming and they are getting smaller and smaller at higher elevations. Glaciers and high elevation ice is the only reservoir of water that keeps water flowing in the dry season. Once they are gone due to global warming, it will just be huge flow of water in the rainy season and not much in the rest of the seasons. What this means is that there will be bigger floods in the wet season and leaner rivers in the dry season.
I think it is possible to build reservoir in the higher elevations between mountains and control the flow of rivers, so it can be beneficial for all downstream countries, if projects are taken up as regional efforts. Even if glaciers are gone, there is enough snow and rain fall in Tibet and Himalayan foot hills for all downstream populations. If it can be stored properly, floods can be controlled and some diversions may also be possible, after existing downstream flow concerns are met.
The key is multilateral regional efforts and regionalism, rather than unilateral national efforts.