Andhra Pradesh introduces lottery system for allotting sand mining leases
State’s new sand policy replaces auction system for allotting leases and bans inter-state transportation of sand
Printers' devil
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer's polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure …
This is what Lavasa looks like
Dongrias decide
Niyamgiri gears up for India’s first environment referendum. Odisha limits number of villages that can have a say
Bengaluru's burning issue
The city finally wakes up to waste management, but bumbles into incineration plants
Over 400 farmers have committed suicide in Telangana since its formation
National Human Rights Commission has sought report from the state
Bully among birds
A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms
DTE coverage on Western Ghats
Andhra Pradesh High Court firm on not lifting stay on sand mining
Exempts state-owned Singareni Collieries
Andhra Pradesh to cancel controversial Polavaram tender
The lowest bidder is found not qualified for participating in bidding
DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB
Incinerator out of order since two years
Industrial discharge: seaward ho!
As rivers spill over, the sea becomes the new dumping destination in coastal Gujarat
Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers
Clean-up plan for Union Carbide waste in Bhopal raises concern
In short
No more hospitals
A pause on hydropower
A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh
Man beaten to death for protesting noisy firecrackers in West Bengal
Disabled youth on wheelchair severely thrashed in Kolkata; police arrest over 1,600 people for violating noise rules, unruly behaviour
Taken by the horns
Gujarat buckles under farmers’ pressure, shrinks special investment region planned for industries
Gujarat pollution board washes hands of creating buffer zones around waste treatment facilities
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines, however, state that no construction activity can take place within 500 metre of treatment, storage …
Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats
Defies Information Commission’s order and obtains stay from Delhi High Court to keep the report out of public domain
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan
Activists, residents contest the statement; say India has no standards on emissions from incinerators
Centre to identify a laboratory to analyse toxic waste from Union Carbide factory
Order follows Maharashtra Pollution Control Board statement that it cannot predict the impact of burning the toxic waste
Goa must grow...but how?
On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …
Act to make Coca-Cola pay
Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant