Polavaram in tender turmoil

Court questions awarding of tender for mega dam to a disqualified consortium  

Flooded, by drains

It was not just cyclone Nilam that ruined paddy in Andhra

A congestion plan in the name of decongesting Delhi

Urban development ministry’s expert panel report on how to decongest Delhi pays only lip service to improving public transport and …

Polluted rivers pose risk to human health in three continents

Water pollution level has increased in Asia, Africa and Latin America, putting aquatic flora and fauna under extinction threat

The last crop

Hand-picked team

More than 20,000 Ebola cases likely by November, forecasts WHO

The United Nations has already called for 20-fold increase in assistance to control the outbreak in West Africa

No two-finger test for rape

Health ministry does away with the controversial test; medicos demand use of rape kit

No land, no money

An Act meant to financially help tenant farmers of suicide-prone Andhra has failed them

Farmers on holiday

Andhra farmers shun growing paddy this kharif in absence of buyers, storage space

Maharashtra and Telangana sign MoU on Godavari projects

The MoU brings to an end long-drawn disagreements between the two states over the use of the river waters

Public pressure

Rehabilitation package for Polavaram modified

Murphy's first law, greased

Andhra Pradesh chief minister links Krishna, Godavari rivers

Around 80 TMCs of Godavari water were released into the Krishna for diversion to the drought-prone areas of the Rayalseema region

Suit against dam

Uppada: On the frontline of the sea’s war on the Andhra coast

Uppada village in East Godavari District has lost over 127 acres of land in sea-erosion in the last four decades

Maharashtra, Telangana sign pact on Godavari irrigation projects amid protests

Building barrages upstream of the Godavari River might prove disastrous for the farmers in Andhra Pradesh

A blast off the top

The blowout at its rig in Andhra Pradesh has put the Oil and Natural Gas Commission in a technological fix, apart from raising the question of …

Get out

Same old story. Dam threatens to displace tribals to appease rich farmers

Water wrangle

States slug it out over rivers

Rock bottom

Kumbh leaves Godavari with 130 times more bacteria load

Scientists, who conducted a study at five locations across Godavari river, say open defecation by pilgrims and bad sewage management and waste …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 25, 2020)

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

Show cause notices to 11 Nashik factories for polluting Godavari

The plastic and food processing factories don’t have proper effluent treatment system

Analysing Polavaram irrigation project