Anupam Chakravartty

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Ex-Staffer, Down To Earth

India Supreme Court Mining Forests Coal Natural Disasters Air Pollution Health Effects Transport Floods

River|Ganga

‘नमामि गंगे’ पर 'स्‍वच्‍छ भारत' का बोझ

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के दो प्रमुख कार्यक्रम परस्�…

Energy

‘Most dam proponents don’t have an address to reach out’

After 10 years, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu axes 22 hydro projects but local communities say this might have been done to …

Forests

India simply does not acknowledge forest drought

Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people

Natural Disasters

Droughts: misery in slow motion

Successive droughts and water scarcity are causing long-term harm in ways that are poorly understood and inadequately acknowledged

Natural Disasters

Floods affect more than a million in Assam despite rainfall deficit in state

The situation may worsen in the next 48 hours

Congress manifesto: right to health is next on agenda

Grand old party of India renews some old promises and makes some new ones, but will Congress live up to its promises if it wins a third term?

Climate Change

Climate change in India: Cuisine, culture take a hit in Assam

Flood amid drought triggers heavy siltation in the rivers in the state, fragments communities

Governance

Thousands marooned in a 'dam-induced' flood in Golaghat

Almost 90,000 people and more than 7,500 hectares of land under water as NEEPCO dam releases water from the Doyang river that flows through …

Agriculture

Palm oil consumption increased 230% in almost 2 decades, yet India imports most of it

India has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in palm oil production despite 40 years of efforts. Down To Earth travelled to some of the …

Lifestyle

Chak-hao (black rice pudding or kheer)

Food

Chak-hao rice kheer

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Forest governance 2.0

Forest dwelling communities have created a new economy courtesy a decade of the Forest Rights Act. Will the bureaucracy support the empowered …

Mining

खनन से बसा, खनन में फंसा

जिन खदानों की वजह से मोरवा फला-फूला वही खदानें इसे निगल ज…

Forests

अपने नीड़ में लौटते विस्थापित बैगा

कोयला खदानों के कारण सिंगरौली के सिधिखुर्ग, तिय्यरा, झा�…

Mining

Home is where mines are

Displaced Baiga tribals are returning to the forests taken over for mining by Reliance in Madhya Pradesh. They say they were short-changed by the …

Governance

Manipur: the bejewelled land shrouded in conflicts, resource scarcity

Sense of deprivation, lack of basic necessities and fear of falling out of government's favour perpetuate ethnic clashes

Governance

Goa: can it strike a balance between environment and development?

Promoting eco-friendly tourism and reviving mining without harming environment are major challenges

Food

Rice for kings

Black rice is indigenous to the Northeast, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. In Manipur, it is considered food as well as part of traditional …

Environment

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

Lifestyle

Death and resurgence of mother tongue

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, we present to you stories on dying dialects, language revival movements and their …

Mining

Won’t grant NOCs to uranium mining projects in Meghalaya: Khasi District Council

After the Centre reiterated its move to open up uranium mining in the state, the highest council of the Khasi community says it will not grant an NOC

Governance

Does government favour land pooling over land acquisition?

Government decides to exempt Amravati residents from paying taxes for giving their land for the new capital

Economy

Budget 2017: corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore for railway safety

With increasing number of incidents recorded last year, finance ministry creates corpus to deal with accidents

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Turtle turnaround

An initiative driven by fishing communities in Odisha has not only given the endangered Olive Ridley turtles a new lease of life, but has also …

Environment

Bhopal court issues direct summons to Dow Chemical in 1984 gas leak case

Following allegations of non-cooperation from US Department of Justice, a summon has been issued directly to Dow Chemical to appear in the court

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