Bengaluru water crisis: Two elephants succumb to thirst after roaming over 50 km in Ramanagara near Karnataka capital

Bengaluru recorded its highest temperature in five years on March 29, prompting IMD to issue a heatwave alert

Water crisis: Is Bengaluru’s fate in store for Mangaluru and Shivamogga?

Burgeoning urbanisation, vanishing wetlands may impact water resources in these regions too

DTE Coverage: Bengaluru Water Crisis 2024

Why the city that abounded in lakes and rivers went waterless

Netravati riverfront project: NGT takes cognisance of CRZ & environmental norm violation allegations, seeks report

National Green Tribunal takes action on Netravati waterfront promenade development project

World Sparrow Day 2024: How a Mysuru woman is trying to bring sparrows back to the city

Kokila Ramesh Jain makes customised terracotta nests to help attract the birds; she also organises citizen awareness events to highlight their …

Bengaluru water crisis: Citizens raise questions on flourishing tanker business as municipal supply dries up

Water tanker operators often fail to produce adequate lab test results confirming water quality

Rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment best options for Bengaluru: T V Ramachandra

The IISc professor who famously ‘saw the future of Bengaluru’ a decade ago, speaks to Down To Earth about where the city went wrong …

Bengaluru water crisis: Is the southern metropolis heading towards Day Zero?

City founded by Kempe Gowda following same pattern as Cape Town in 2018  

Women’s Day 2024: Clean sweep in Karnataka

Over 18,000 of the state’s women have transformed the idea of cleanliness into a sustainable business model 

DTE Special on International Women’s Day 2024

Down To Earth delves into 7 exemplary initiatives to illustrate formidable influence of self-help groups

Water every other day: Bengaluru is drying up & destruction of lakes is the reason

City is now dependent on Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir, which received only 75% of its usual inflow last due to poor rainfall in River Cauvery …

40 spotted deer translocated within Karnataka marking a new era in wildlife management

Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has also successfully translocated bigger herbivores like gaur and sambar, said the state's activists  

Tourist behaviour in Western Ghats robbing simians of their foraging skills, hurting forest ecosystem, activists say

The animals are often given food in packaging, which they discard deep inside forests and pollute the natural environment

Olive Ridley turtles are back on Mangaluru beaches! 

Beach cleaning, night patrolling and protection did the trick  

Activists point out dangers of highway through Bannerghatta National Park, demand shelving plan

NHAI’s six-lane highway to cut through elephant corridor, could increase human-wildlife conflict 

Karnataka’s trekking trails in eco-sensitive Western Ghats off limits till October

Trekking to be limited to 300 people a day once it resumes, only in areas with online bookings

In Jambavan’s land: Sloth bears mostly coexist peacefully with humans in Karnataka; but conflict is not non-existent

Enhancing habitat connectivity, minimising human-wildlife interaction zones, and implementing responsible waste management practices key to …

Paddy warriors: This couple in Karnataka is preserving rare native varieties through cultivation

Asma and Aboobakar want to save as many indigenous paddy varieties as possible; they have so far documented 840 such plants

No food in forests: DTE’s exclusive coverage on invasive species

An insidious threat has been quietly unfolding in India’s forests — invasive alien plant species have displaced native vegetation, …

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Reservoirs less than half full, water only for drinking: North Karnataka grapples with drought impact

Industries and agriculture are expected to be impacted the most

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No food in forests: Invasive species and altered habitats in Karnataka’s Western Ghats are creating a food crisis

The crisis may be fueling conflicts between humans and wildlife, prompting animals to venture into human settlements