Yamuna encroachments: NGT gives authorities four weeks to furnish details

Green tribunal raps agencies for failing to comply with orders

Art of gobbling up Yamuna floodplain

Without proper mapping and a plan for its acceptable use, no one can prevent the Yamuna floodplain from being gobbled up

NGT panel claims 2016 event ruined Yamuna floodplains; Art of Living calls it flawed

The committee has submitted a time-bound action plan for physical and biological rehabilitation of the affected floodplain

The demise of rivers

The ecology of rivers is irreversibly damaged through riverfront projects in India

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 23, 2019)

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

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 …

Two sides of the same coin: Shrinking water bodies and urban floods

Water bodies have become even more critical in current times when cities are facing the challenge of rapid, unplanned urbanisation

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

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

The growth was concentrated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

‘Patently ridiculous’: state government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster

Measures that could significantly lower flood risk are expensive and politically hard. But as flood risks worsen with climate change, they’…