'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.…
Road to disaster
Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …
Gangetic dolphins may soon become extinct as river’s natural flow decreases: WII report
The first report on aquatic biodiversity under Namami Gange puts the blame on construction of large-scale hydropower projects
Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?
Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years
Immersion of monk’s body in Ganga attracts criticism
Virakta Maharaj, known as Shobhan Sarkaar among his devotees, often expressed wishes of having his body immersed in the Ganga
Can Namami Gange take off after two years of systemic failure?
In last three decades, the project achieved just one-third of the target due to lack of synergy between multiple authorities
Bengal government plans to turn part of Ganga in Kolkata into drain in name of rejuvenation
Activists cry contradiction as hundreds of crores recently approved to clean river
Ganga needs more than just cleaning
Government reforms must include basin-scale hydrological and ecological conservation efforts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
80% of Ganga will be clean by March 2019: Gadkari
The government says it is trying to ensure devotees get a clean river during the upcoming Kumbh Mela in January
Ganga's minimum flow notification too vague to be implemented: Scientists
The Centre’s notification aims to ensure that the river has minimum required environmental flow of water even after it is diverted by …
Prepare working plan on waste discharge into Ganga, Yamuna during Kumbh: Allahabad HC to UP government
Authorities are directed to ensure that the ban on single-use plastic is enforced effectively and plastic waste is not dumped in the Ganga or Yamuna
Ganga and the death of its crusader
Read Down To Earth’s upcoming issue for a detailed analysis of the current state of the Ganga
The Ganga is leaving Patna’s ghats
As an ambitious Ganga renovation plan is underway, and ghats in Patna are being beautified, there is little attention being paid to the fact that …
Cleaning India’s polluted rivers
More than 38,000 million litres of waste water enters the major rivers, water bodies and even percolates into the ground every day
Ganga cleanup delay may cost states Rs 10 lakh/month: NGT
Green bench order also said the National Mission for Clean Ganga would be held liable to pay 50% of the amount if directions not followed&…
Ganga's burden of pollutants from Kanpur to Varanasi
A visit to the tanneries in Kanpur and some of the sewage treatment plants and drains along the Ganga reveals the extent of pollution and the …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 13, 2023)
Iconic city or concrete jungle?
A “clean-green” city project spread over 400 hectares in Unaao will prove disastrous for the choked Ganga
Reviving Adi Ganga: Central funds, international project give hope
Adi Ganga was chosen from India as a part of a project to address pollution in South Asian rivers
Long-term groundwater storage in Ganga basin declining at 2.6 cm per year: Study
The Ganga Basin’s aquifers are one of the largest reservoirs of groundwater in the world
Kumbh’s over, now God save the Ganga
Kanpur's tanneries, shut down during the pilgrimage, have reopened and are polluting the river again: sources
Pollution in Ganga harming riverbed sediments too, says study
Human waste and toxic effluents cause deficit of dissolved oxygen in the river’s most polluted stretches
Kumbh brought Allahabad to verge of an epidemic, says NGT
The tribunal has asked UP chief secretary to immediately act on the mismanaged solid waste from the pilgrimage
Awareness is key to rejuvenating River Ganga: experts at 105th Indian Science Congress
Besides biodiversity conservation and a forestation programme in Ganga river basin, the experts recommended installation of 113 real-time online …