High standards for high-risk projects
We need to vigorously defend our remaining rivers from over-damming and strengthen the laws and standards that protect them
चार धाम मार्ग परियोजना: पर्यावरणीय विभीषिका के पीछे बुनियादी चूक और वैज्ञानिक मूक
आजकल बरसात शुरू होते ही तमाम वो समस्याएं भूस्खलन और गलत रूप से निस्तारित मलबे के कारण मुखर होने लगी हैं
मजदूरों के लिए युद्ध और संघर्ष से ज्यादा बड़ा खतरा हैं जलवायु से जुड़ी आपदाएं
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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Permission to construct permanent structures on Yamuna riverbed
Course correction
Kerala's backwaters carry modern-day brunt
Their ecosystem is under threat but no one seems to care
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Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change
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Concern over Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drains project
Sponsored blight?
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EU water law won’t be changed, says European Commission
The Water Framework Directive, despite being a strong piece of legislation, has faced hurdles till now
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh face worst ever floods recorded in June
Brahmaputra breaches danger mark, 300,000 people displaced
Why Manipur is flooded
The state's worst flood in recent history raises doubts over the role of dams
Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil
Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk
Did hydel projects have a role in Uttarakhand disaster? asks Supreme Court
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Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study
Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …
Rebuilding Uttarakhand: experts deliberate action plan
Participants at a workshop emphasise on implementation of recommendations while framing future development policy for the state; earlier expert …
High rainfall, swelling rivers spread panic in Uttarakhand
Extreme rainfall of the kind witnessed during last year's flood disaster unlikely, say Met officials
Urban floods: lessons from Jammu & Kashmir
Putting a stop to unmindful concretisation of lake beds and drainage channels can save cities from disastrous floods
Doctors absent in flood-hit areas
Hospitals have not got green signal for deploying teams; state government unclear of medical help actually needed
Grand distraction called river interlinking
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Natural disasters: why are we always so unprepared?
Government agencies merely shift blame but take no action to plan and prepare ahead