A reminder: Haryana DSP isn’t the first to be killed by mining mafia

Some 61,767 environment-related offences were committed in India according to the NCRB 2020 Report

Will India's camels amble forever into the sunset?

Decreasing use of camels in agriculture and transportation, diminishing pasturelands and an erroneous legislation by the Rajasthan government is …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps

Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM

Toilet-rich, water-poor

Santosh Devi, a former sarpanch, says attaining total sanitation for her village was easier than ensuring clean and sweet water

Resistance-causing mcr-1 gene isolated in India

The gene is responsible for resistance against colistin, a last resort antibiotic used to treat human diseases

Development Deathtraps

Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)

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

Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium

Punjab is the worst-affected state with Haryana being the second 

Haryana has gone deaf

MONEYMAKERS

Saraswati underground

Experts attempt to map the mythical river's palaeo-channels and put them to good use

Plunder the mines

Politician-mafia nexus leaves little hope for scientific mining as environment takes a beating

Why have Punjab & Haryana farmers started clearing fields so early in 2023?

Usually, stubble clearance in these two states starts around mid-October and peaks around Diwali; but this time, extreme rains in September …

Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India

Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal

Devotees observe yet another Chhath on a dead Yamuna

Toxic froth made up of ammonia and phosphates covered the Yamuna’s waters in Delhi as Hindu devotees offered oblations to Surya, the sun god

Bandhwari landfill: Waste-to-energy plant will pollute environment, residents protest expansion

Hundreds attending a public hearing meeting at the site protested a proposed expansion of the plant

Pre-summer rains: How the charm of Chandigarh endures

Every year, the ‘City Beautiful’ located between the Siwaliks and the Indus Plain, plays host to a game between heat, cold, dust and …

A creative challenge: Designing proposals of 19 waterbodies in Faridabad

The project offered us an opportunity to bring substantial change through our work to the local environment and the lives of people living around …

Ahead of Diwali, air quality in Delhi slips to season's worst

Less wind on Diwali day as well a fog incident the day after will make the situation worse

JJP emerges kingmaker in Haryana

JJP, as well as the opposition Congress had promised to deal with agrarian crisis and massive unemployment, especially among the state’s Jats

SC rebukes Haryana govt for throwing open Aravallis for realtors, miners

The apex court asked the state to not amend the Punjab Land Preservation Act that “favours builders”

Whitefly lesson

A few villages in Haryana successfully grow cotton amid widespread destruction of the crop by whitefly in the region

Sukhomajri at the crossroads

The forest department intervenes to spoil a successful conservation programme of a Haryana village. An assement by Richard Mahapatra

Harsh reality

Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply

Norwegian government delegation led by Minister for International Development appreciates decentralised waste management facilities in Gurugram

The city has developed some remarkable models, for managing waste from bulk generators