Machines, not men, employed

Coastal flyway to flatten 16 villages

Rs 500 crore road will cater to cars that comprise one-fifth the traffic

Central India in grip of worst-ever drought

UN reviews road safety plan

India struggles to clear its image of being the accident capital of the world

Fighting pollution

RTI rap for two officers

Rs 10,000 salary cut for delay in giving information  

The road ahead

India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …

BRAZIL

Road diversion

Transport ministry changes track, proposes road skirting Pench

Janadesh 2007: Satyagraha for self-reliance, dignity

78% MPs yet to identify villages for development under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

With just nine months to go, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, a scheme that is low on priority of the Lok Sabha and Rajya MPs, is way off the target …

A risky route

A Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai is facing stiff resistance from fishers, urban planners and environmentalists. But, the …

Supreme Court says yes to road through sanctuary near Uttarakhand

Expressway on sliding sand

Court allows widening of 17 km of road

Curfew on tribals

For protesting road construction for steel industry hub

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2020)

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

Nature's wrath

Even flash floods cannot refresh the authorities' understanding of the dynamic and fragile ecosystem of the Himalaya

Generating electricity from speed breakers

Controversy over J&K government's plan to revive Mughal road

Budget 2017-18 expectations: ensure food security, minimise rural distress

This year’s budget must focus on preventing farmer suicides, strengthening crop insurance scheme and guaranteeing rural employment

Rural roads connectivity in India to get a fillip

Bangalore-Mysore corridor project hits another road block

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

Better roads must for food security

Sound investment on infrastructure could curb hunger by 2030