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

2000 के बाद से जलवायु सम्बन्धी आपदाओं की दर दोगुनी हो गई है| जिसका व्यापक असर श्रमिकों की उत्पादकता पर पड़ रहा है| ऊपर ...

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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

Why Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

An analysis shows that in just four decades, urbanisation in the city increased by almost 20 times

Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change

Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable

Concern over Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drains project

Sponsored blight?

Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this

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

Judges express concern over large number of power projects and dams on the Ganga and its tributaries without scientifically assessing their …

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

How climate ready are we?

Natural disasters: why are we always so unprepared?

Government agencies merely shift blame but take no action to plan and prepare ahead