Experts discuss about the negative impacts of building large dams

Land records of Lucknow Nagar Nigam state the city has 964 tanks and ponds, a majority of which are unidentifiable due to reclamation

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

A secure and cost-effective method of raising the height of vulnerable river island clusters is being used to protect them from flooding

Thirty per cent of encroachment on lakes has been done by government agencies alone, state government press release says

As floods in Tamil Nadu cause a financial dent and Chennai is declared a disaster zone, a look at the rescue efforts and what’s missing …

Only 59 per cent of the funds allocated for relief operations were actually released in 2015 as compared to 77 per cent in 2012

A survey done in the city has found that 90 per cent population is unable to access safe water or food

Down To Earth journalist Rajeshwari Ganesan writes about the uncertainty of knowing if your loved ones are safe, even as Chennai's flood …

Large parts of the city have remained inundated over most of the past three weeks

Shrinking lake area and blocked drains have reduced Chennai's capacity to drain rainfall runoff