Roads in Canada can affect grizzly bear habitats: study

It suggests measures for managed motorised access into such areas for bear conservation

Delhi’s pavements: Paved with good intentions

The pavements of the national capital are used for all activities other than walking

'I could not have found a better story'

Ketan Mehta, director of ‘Manjhi-the Mountain Man’, speaks to Down To Earth about why he made the film

Pedestrian accessibility needs to come out of the ‘gaps between cars’

Lack of infrastructure, faulty design and laws have pushed the pedestrian off the sidewalks and onto the road

150 years of Calcutta Tramways: This icon is the future solution for the city which wants to write its requiem

All opposition against trams and public transport will fall flat if car users pay the true cost of owning and using a vehicle  

Stud surveillance

Road to nowhere

Simply put: No basic facilities, no vote

Rough roads

A coating of concrete could entend the life of a road to at least twice its normal term

True grit

Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …

The deficient design of India's streets

The designing of Indian roads, from carriageways to sidewalks, leaves much to be desired

Government, contractors not reusing old tyres for the love of money: Experts

With Crum Rubber Modified Bitumen technology, old tyres can be reused in laying roads

THE AMAZON BASIN

Green macadam

Road plan rolled

Appetite for junk

New guidelines for rural roads

Anti-haven road

Himalayan plunder: Stop excessive, aggressive development

Incidents such as Joshimath subsidence will continue to occur if policy approaches do not change

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 9, 2022)

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

World Heritage Day: ‘Himalayan geo-heritage sites under threat to road construction activities’

DTE talks to ON Bhargava, geology professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh about why roads must be constructed in the Himalayas on the basis of …

Humans force wild animals into tight spots, or send them far from home. We calculated just how big the impact is

Because animal movement is linked to many important ecological processes, disruptions to movement can cascade through ecosystems

What commuters want

Rather than a top-bottom framework which assumes what people need, a bottom-up framework involving user perceptions will help in re-designing …

Crash course

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