No school can be without a playground: Supreme Court

SC gives a year’s time to encroachers to vacate Gram Panchayat land meant for school

Dalits and Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh allege digital land records fudged; no longer landowners

Records show influential locals now owners; no action from administration yet

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2023)

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Hyderabad Floods: The ghosts of dead lakes haunt the city

Absence of infrastructure to drain out a meagre half a metre of rainfall led to mayhem  

Urban flooding: The case of drowning cities and rising vulnerability

Overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, no regard to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all make urban floods a …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 27, 2024)

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Yamuna claims back Delhi: River inundated city with less water than previous flood years; here is why

Siltation, encroachment, lack of dredging and flushing are to blame, experts tell DTE

Global population exposed to floods grew over 20% in 15 years: Study

The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 25, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2022)

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Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 1-5)

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India’s urban floods: Why we need to look at nature-based solutions

Solutions to reduce the loss of lives and livelihoods from urban floods; Can be exercised by individuals and local govts

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2022)

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How civil engineers lead lake rejuvenation in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Pollution, solid waste dumping, flooding and encroachment issue plagued Coimbatore’s Kurichi Lake and Bengaluru’s Mylsandra …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 16, 2019)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2024)

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Water every other day: Bengaluru is drying up & destruction of lakes is the reason

City is now dependent on Krishna Raja Sagara reservoir, which received only 75% of its usual inflow last due to poor rainfall in River Cauvery …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2023)

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Choking Mahananda: How Siliguri’s waste, water crisis is turning on its people

Rapid urbanisation, inefficient waste management and encroachment have turned the Mahananda into a drain. And farmers are losing livelihoods

DTE exclusive: 2020 order on floodplain zoning declaring Gomti ‘non-perennial river’ draws flak

Floodplain zone halved to 50 metres, contradicting an Allahabad HC order

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 21, 2024)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 7, 2024)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2024)

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