1. South Asia’s Water, Energy & Environment:
For Accelerating Economic Growth
1. Energy and infrastructure are basic foundation for development
2 Energy comes first as energy is vital to survive, right from cooking to warming up
3. Infrastructure for economic expansion, w/o which we will have basic to live only but no further progress
Er. Gyanendra Lal Pradhan. Treasurer, FNCCI
Chairman : CACCI Asian Council on Water, Energy and Environment, ACWEE
Member Electricity Tariff Fixation Committee
Ex Member : Prime Minister's Economic Advisor Council
Senator: Kathmandu University

2. World energy resources
Energy : South Asia (Reserve)
COAL : 63,036 Million tonnes
GAS : 2,308 Billion cubic m
OIL : 785 Million tonnes
Hydropower : over 3 LakhMW

3. W A T E R “Hydropower makes water use cheaper and efficient “
Water Resource & Consumptions
Water is life-line for all living beings, foundation for the overall development of human society.
“Hydropower makes water use cheaper and efficient “
Hydropower for Water, Energy & Food security

4. Virtual Water refers to the water used in the production of a good or service

5. Water Security Status KD1 KD2 KD3 KD4 KD5 NWS Score NWS Index Score
KD1
Household
KD2
Economic
KD3
Urban
KD4
Environmental
KD5
Resilience
NWS Score
NWS Index
Score
1-20
1-100
1-5
B/desh
6.7
14.1
5.0
5.3
4.2
35.3
1.0
Bhutan
14.2
9.0
10.7
8.0
48.5
2.0
India
4.0
12.9
5.6
33.1
Nepal
11.3
6.0
37.3
BBIN
5.7
13.1
6.4
5.4
38.5
1.5
NWS Index: 1 - Hazardous; 2 - Engaged; 3 - Capable; 4 - Effective; 5 - Model

6. Country Potential (MW) Utilized Potential MW % Bhutan 40,000 1500 5
Kyrgyz Rep.
26,000MW
Tajikistan
40,000MW
Pakistan
40,000MW
Bhutan
40,000MW
Nepal
100,000MW
China-Yunnan
23,000MW
Laos
23,000MW
India
1,65,,000MW
Myanmar
40,000MW
Vietnam
18,000MW
Country
Potential (MW)
Utilized Potential MW %
Bhutan
40,000
1500 5
India
165,000
38848 26
Nepal
Pakistan
Srilanka
83,000 ~100,000
40000
675
6444
1207
1.5 16 80
Cambodia
8,000MW

7. Ganges basin highly vulnerable to climate change
The Indo-Gangetic Plain –
255 million hectare fertile land. Ganges provides water to million people, largest in the world.
The seasonal distribution of flow is extremely variable.
Snow fed :  % of the total runoff (Jan-March) & as high as  % in July & August.
Purely rain fed rivers :  % (March – May) &  % in July & August.

8. Climate Change Scenario
Projections under high emission scenario:
temperature rise of 4-5C by 2080.
Sea level rise of rise by 0.05–0.25 meters by 2050 and by 0.18–0.80 meters by the end of the 21st century.
In BBIN region
Temperature increase - more
Pronounced-higher altitudes
melting of Himalayan glaciers.
increased intensity of rainfall
Projected Extreme Rainfall