Pakistan and India clash over Siachen Glacier
Tensions continue between India and Pakistan over access to and control of the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir, with a demand by Pakistan that India withdraw troops stationed there.
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Water tanker in Myanmar is attacked
Employees of the private company Assam Rifles are escorting a water tanker near the Manipur-Myanmar border when they are attacked with a remotely-detonated bomb. No one is reported injured, however the water tanker is damaged.
Water construction equipment damaged
Maoists in Dharambandha, India claim responsibility for a bombing attack on a culvert and the excavation machine being used to build a canal.
Farmers in Iran clash with police over water diversions
Hundreds of farmers in the town of Varzaneh, in Iran’s Isfahan province, clash with police during a protest against the government’s decision to divert water from the area to another province. Iranian media say farmers smash a pipeline carrying water from Zayanderud river to neighboring Yazd province in an effort to prevent the water transfer. Dozens are reported injured and more arrested.
Water shortage leads to local fighting in India
An acute water shortage in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India leads to fights among locals and one death. The government expresses concern about large-scale public unrest due to a severe drought and major water shortages.
Armed bandits force villages to pay a ‘water tax’
Drought in northern India causes local bandits to threaten to kill nearby villagers unless they deliver water to their rural hideouts. Twenty-eight local villages obey the order and take turns paying what the bandits call a daily “water tax.’
Water well attacked in Pakistan
Two schools and a solar-powered tube well are destroyed in a blast attributed to militants in the Mohmand Agency. No injuries are reported.
Upper caste women reportedly restrict access to water sources
Tensions revive in the area of Jammu and Kashmir in early 2014 when upper caste women reportedly restrict access to higher quality water sources.
Iranian border guards open fire on Afghan villagers accessing river water
A dispute over the allocation and rights to water from the Hari Rud River between Afghanistan and Iran leads to at least ten deaths when Iranian border guards allegedly open fire on Afghan villagers trying to collect river water. The river provides water for agricultural production in Herat province, Afghanistan, and to the downstream Iranian city of Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city.
Water pipeline damaged in Pakistan
A water pipeline is damaged in a blast from an explosive reportedly placed by the Baloch Repbulican Army in Nokani, Balochistan province, Pakistan. No injuries are reported.