A senior citizen after having cast her vote in Guna, MP. Photo: @CEOMPElections / X (Formerly twitter)

DTE Coverage: Environment in elections

A 9-part series on whether environmental issues are influencing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Environment in elections: Tamil Nadu has voted and activists believe 2018’s Sterlite controversy will help DMK in state

Incumbent fulfilled its promise to shut down the plant, which satisfied state’s people
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Environment in elections: Dhinkia ‘acid test’ for ruling BJD as betel farmers unhappy with JSW steel plant land acquisition

They accuse CM Naveen Patnaik-led government and police of colluding with the company and destroying the area’s ecological treasure
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Environment in elections: Sea erosion is key election issue in Odisha’s Satabhaya

Villagers, opposition criticise state government’s failure to address erosion issues in this Kendrapara village
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Environment in elections: Will climate change alter voting dynamics in Ladakh?

Scientists, journalists and others are confident that warning signs in the cold desert & Sonam Wanghchuk’s fast have made environment a poll issue; its impact on voting though remains to be seen
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Environment in elections: Andhra’s Rayalaseema battling drought conditions for 4 years, but ignored in poll manifestos

87 Mandals in four districts classified as ‘severely affected’ areas with less than 50% Kharif and 20% Rabi operations seen since 2020
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Environment in elections: Natural disasters overlooked in Himachal Pradesh poll campaigns

Environmental issues at bottom of both major political parties’ manifestos for June 1 elections, but not discussed in speeches
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Environment in elections: Deucha Pachami coal mine project in Birbhum unlikely to be an issue in May 13 polls

State government provided job largesse and promised financial help to local population to nip the movement in the bud
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Environment in elections: Droughts fail to make it to poll issues in Jharkhand

Severe drought conditions in the state over the past two years ignored by politicians during campaigns, say farmers
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Environment in elections: Drought not on poll agenda even as north Karnataka records 3rd-lowest rainfall in over 100 years

Region’s people feel things can’t remain same even as other parts of Karnataka have no water problems
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