Cases / Water use · Afghanistan · date not stated
Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa canal to divert 6 to 13 km³ of Amu Darya water a year
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa canal is set to take 6 to 13 cubic kilometres of water a year from the Amu Darya river. Times of Central Asia reported that no environmental impact assessment had been carried out and that the canal raises water security concerns.
What?
Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa canal is set to divert 6 to 13 cubic kilometres of water a year from the Amu Darya river. Times of Central Asia
Where?
Amu Darya river, Afghanistan Times of Central Asia
When?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Water diversion from the Amu Darya through a canal, with no environmental impact assessment, according to the source Times of Central Asia
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What happened
The record, in order.
Times of Central Asia reported that the Qosh Tepa canal will divert 6 to 13 cubic kilometres of water a year from the Amu Darya.
The same report said that no environmental impact assessment had been carried out for the canal, and that it raises water security concerns.
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Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: downstream countries were not notified before construction.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who builds or operates the canal, or who benefits from it.
- None on record Construction start, completion date and cost are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the effect of the diversion on the river's flow or on downstream communities.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa canal raises water security concernsTimes of Central Asia ·