Where have the groves gone?

Overexploitation, skewed pricing policies and inefficient utilisation have laid bare the bamboo's vast reserves. While local communities clamour …

350,000 Andhra government staff to go on strike against Telangana decision

Call for roll back of decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh; government yet to respond to strike notice

Andhra to file review petition in Supreme Court on Babli barrage

Apex court had earlier ruled in favour of Maharashtra, rejected Andhra’s plea for demolition

Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies

Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers

Andhra Pradesh drafts new land allotment policy

Proposes allotment at market price except in cases where land is to be used for non-profit public purpose

Rains due to Cyclone Michaung damage paddy in Odisha’s border districts

Farmers in the districts could not shift ripened paddy due to paucity of safe storage spaces

In run-up to landfall, Michaung causes havoc in Chennai neighbourhoods & northern Tamil Nadu

Nandanam, Mylapore, Velacherry, Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur severely innundated as heavy rains batter Greater Chennai

ATM agriculture: There are reasons as to why there is so much resistance to the idea of natural farming

It is different. In this case, science promotes competition in the plants so that they can build soil reservoirs of fungi and bacteria and …

Cyclone Asani to hit coast between Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar on May 10

West Bengal set to receive heavy rains from May 10-13    

Eastern coast of India to witness heavy rains this week

Bay of Bengal likely to host a tropical depression

Evacuation of 450,000 people on in coastal Andhra

Officials say people from 500 villages will be moved to safer areas by evening

Fishing for money

Pollution Check

INDIA

Water, water

Battle lines are drawn as drought proofing remains a distant dream

Curbs on bathing

Get out

Same old story. Dam threatens to displace tribals to appease rich farmers

'Subsidise colas for use as pesticides'

Andhra Pradesh legislators demand

Water wrangle

States slug it out over rivers

Interstate disputes over Krishna waters

UPDATE

New infestation

135,000 affected by chikungunya disease, government yet to assess gravity of situation

On its last legs

A rare bird versus a canal

Public purpose

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal