Flash floods in Dharamshala after heavy rains in Kangra district
Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, where Dharamsala is located, recorded actual rainfall of 79.4 millimetres within 12 hours whereas the normal …
See how Indian states fared on the water index
The NITI Aayog, in its latest assessment, analyses the water index scores of states between 2015-16 and 2016-17
Potential of Spiti Valley's wild fruit waiting to be tapped across India
In the past two decades, seabuckthorn collection has increased 20 times in the valley. Can a pan-Indian market unleash the full potential of this …
Women protesting GMR's hydel project charged with 'inciting communal riots'
Shifting of 15 km-long tunnel and the power house of Bajoli Holi project in Himachal from the right bank of the Ravi river to the left bank will …
Black carbon is a threat to Himalayan glaciers
Banning fossil fuels or the introduction of glacier tax can be a deterrent in these high-altitude areas
Besides illegal structures, tourist influx, focus on sanitation systems in Himalayas too: CSE
Most Himalayan towns lack sewerage systems; millions of litres of grey water seeps into the clayey, loamy soil, making landslides inevitable
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Forest Survey Report 2021: India’s mountainous states, already facing climate change, lose forest cover
Jammu and Kashmir has lost very dense forests, while the North East is top in terms of total forest area loss
Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas
The need of the hour is to put halt large hydel-power projects in the Himalayas. Can small hydropower plants offer a sustainable solution?
Teaching online isn’t a cakewalk: HP govt school teacher
There are several stumbling blocks in online teaching but with better management, these can be resolved
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2020)
COVID-19: Himachal’s pastoral community in the shadow of lockdown
As demands of milk products plummet, economy of pastoral community in Himachal stands disrupted
Payment for Ecosystem Services: Palampur in Himachal has a model in place
The first payment for eco-system services in India, which reduces water conflict by institutionalising a legal partnership structure, merits a …
Blazing India: Labourers, farmers struggle most to live, earn
A new set of victims are people in hilly regions areas who are not prepared for such high temperatures
Dalit farmers in Kasauli march to common grazing land
They held a cattle grazing drive to show they won’t give grazing rights on the land, which the upper castes claim is theirs
Himachal Pradesh’s decision to put wasteland in land bank undermines FRA
The state’s request to put degraded forest land in a land bank comes at a time when the government has been dragging its feet on …
Denied forest rights, Himachal Pradesh villagers take to awareness campaigns
About 2,614 individual and 54 community claims made under the FRA in 2009-10 were rejected by the District Forest Officer in 2015
Heavy rains in north India; rivers swell to dangerous levels
Heavy rainfall is expected in eastern Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and across the north-eastern states in the coming days
1,500 people evicted from slum in Dharamshala; rehabilitation uncertain
People living in Charan Khad slum for over three decades are now being chased away from Dharamshala as local authorities don’t want them to …
Apple subsidies a political game
Apples are at the care of Himachal politics and withdrawal of subsidies can be politically disastrous
Shape of things to come
A novel method to convert plastic bags into new shapes could help minimise their adverse effects on our environment
Greening a state
Himachal Pradesh chief minister has broken all bureaucratic shackles and initiated eco-friendly programmes in the state
Rock rap: companies, HP face the music
SC comes down heavily on corporates and HP government, slapping a Rs 5-crore fine for defacing rocks in Rohtang Pass
What caused the landslides in Uttaranchal?
Debris flow is a natural occurence. Environment-friendly town-planning can reduce its impact on human settlements
‘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&…