'I cannot be a mute spectator to the carnage of Ganga'

As Uttarakhand grapples with the task of repair and restoration, octogenarian environmentalist G D Agarwal's fast to free Ganga of dams continues.…

FEMA admits high formaldehyde levels in travel trailers

Real estate boom, quarries to blame for Pune disaster?

Ambegaon taluk where disaster-struck Malin village was located had become a realty hot spot and had mines; it is located in the ecologically …

Lehar to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm

High alert in Andhra Pradesh; preparations are in full-swing

Sleepless in Chamoli

Landslide leads to lake formation on the Ramganga, which may burst any time

Hudhud ravages Vizag, kills three in Andhra Pradesh

Evacuation of people to safer areas helped minimise casualty

Landslide destroys hydropower plant in China’s Three Gorges Dam

5,000 vulnerable points identified as region prone to frequent disasters

Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy

GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media

CBI can seek Anderson’s extradition

Delhi court gives permission. But is CBI ready?

Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

In Short

Guidelines to manage chemical disasters

Old ‘Temples of Modern India’: Can India decommission ageing dams it has been warned about?

Dams have affected new ways of land use and life so much that many societies cannot think of a life beyond them anymore

Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine

Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas

World Bank to lend Sri Lanka US $100 million for building climate resilience

The island nation has also signed an agreement for a loan of up to US $102 million in case of a natural disaster is declared an emergency

Uttarakhand: Expert panel recommends overhaul of green clearance policy for hydel projects

Except for Kotibhel 1A project on the Bhagirathi, all other projects would have negative impact on the environment and biodiversity, says panel

“The climate crisis is here and now”

Increasing risk of extreme weather has made it easier to have conversations on environment in El Salvador, the country’s minister of …

No gas mask

Numerous factors, besides nearness to the Union Carbide plant, affected the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy

Poison present

Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …

Little relief reaching disaster-affected in Uttarakhand

Foodgrains rotting in government godowns; people get empty assurances

Flood situation worsens in Bihar

Rivers flow above danger mark; fear of floods in Patna

Marathwada's dry story

How poor policies pushed the region into one of its worst droughts ever

Hudhud death toll mounts to 35

Almost 250,000 people affected; more than 144,000 hectares of crop damaged

No two droughts are alike

How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster