What caused the landslides in Uttaranchal?

Debris flow is a natural occurence. Environment-friendly town-planning can reduce its impact on human settlements

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 19, 2024)

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

Desertification in India: Less snow, more rain ail Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur

Water guzzling apple orchards and rampant tourism is affecting the state

Extinction threat

Extinction threat

Toxic taint

Heavy metal in cola sludge

The kuhls of Kangra by J Mark Baker

Book>> the kuhls of kangra by J Mark Baker Permanent Black New Delhi, 2005

Can unmarked individuals of a species inhabiting rugged terrain be estimated? Study on Asiatic Black Bears shows how

The model can be replicated in mountainous landscapes with minimal sampling bias, ease of sampling and robust density estimation, the researchers say

May heat in March shrivels wheat: Centre to revise procurement norms

The Punjab government April 12 appealed to the central government to allow relaxation in the norms of shrivelled grains without any value cut, …

Reservoir levels remain below normal in 5 states

Water in reservoirs in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Madhya Pradesh was less than normal

‘One snow leopard gets killed every day’

As India has a sizeable proportion of the global snow leopard distribution range, it has an important role to play in conservation of the world&…

Learning curve: E-Mobility stories from India’s hilly terrains

Shimla, Agartala, Guwahati are steadily switching to electric buses for public transport

Explained: Why north India didn't get the December rainfall it usually does

Here’s a deep dive into why strong western disturbances hit the region just once last month

Indian states’ implementation of plastic ban a mixed bag

Tamil Nadu is the latest entrant to the band of Indian states that have banned single-use plastics; here’s a status update on all of them

Sewage treatment plant failure leads to jaundice outbreak in Shimla

More than 1,000 people get jaundice as city’s sewage mixes with the drinking water supply

Pollution fears cloud future of cement plants

The announcement that more cement factories will be set up in the state has unleashed a controversy. Units already operational have not …

Supreme Court approves Shimla Development Plan, activists call it ‘unfortunate’

The NGT’s November 2017 verdict had prohibited construction on buildings above two floors and the attic floor in the Shimla planning area

North India Deluge 2023: Development projects compounding destruction in Himachal Pradesh, say experts 

Losses of Rs 4,000 crore in the state after 3 days of torrential rain 

Trends in high places

Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village

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In dire straits

Pollution prototype

Industry's impact on Baddi may soon be repeated across Himachal

Firefighters all

Rhododendrons losing ground

14 species native to Himalayas are critically endangered

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples