Militants block work at the Wullar Dam construction site in India

Militants block work at the Wular Conservation Project (Wular Dam) construction site in the Baramulla District of India – a project opposed by Pakistan. Officials suggest that these militants may have been sent by Pakistan because of their concerns that the project is in violation of Pakistani interests under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. Sources said that eight of the 16 militants who stopped work of the Project are Pakistani nationals. India says the dam is not in violation…

In Karachi, rival sects of the Taliban fight for the control of water by controlling infrastructure and land.

Up to 150 schoolgirls are reported sickened by poison in a school water supply in an intentional attack thought to be carried out by religious conservatives opposed to the education of women.