Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 4, 2024)

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

In Himachal Pradesh, Hindus and Buddhists organise religious ceremonies for rain & snow

With the 3-month-long dry spell continuing in the state, people say they have been left with few alternatives

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Value of woods

A meet on evaluating the value of forests

DTE Coverage: ‘Arid winter’ in the Himalayas

DTE reports from Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as Western Himalayas report a mostly snowless winter

Addressing internal and external market challenges key for supporting India’s apple farmers

Measures like market intervention schemes for remunerative prices, improved institutional support & comprehensive strategies to resolve value …

Why Hatti community leaders want Fifth Schedule status

The Hatti community lives along the Giri and Tons rivers in southeastern Himachal; they feel their development has been stalled due to …

How one Gram Panchayat in Himachal built a waste-free, water-surplus village

Pappla village constructed water-harvesting structures, soak pits and a plastic waste processing plant to transform itself

Dealing with climate fury: Why small is big

This microcosm from a lesser-known mountainous region such as Kumaon represents the macrocosm — where humanity wears a macabre face and …

Writing on the wall: Himachal govt report warned of rise in cloudbursts, landslides in 2012

Rainy days in Himachal would go up by 5-10 days by 2030, the report by Himachal government had warned

Life or livelihood: COVID-19 second wave puts up tough choice for Himachal farmers

Farmers caught between life and livelihood as second wave coincides with the year’s only farming season

Blazing India: The Himachal hills feel the heat too, but in different ways

As the plains scorch, residents head for the hills in the thousands, posing a threat to their fragile ecology

Himachal's fodder management initiative can help save lives of rural women

Many rural women in hilly states sustain injuries while collecting fodder; agro forestry initiative to help address this issue

Climate change in India: Mountains play hocus-focus in Himachal Pradesh

Climate change has reduced grass cover, forcing nomadic communities in the state to alter their age-old tour patterns and profession

Himachal Pradesh: Floods hit 16th state this monsoon, to impact crop yield

The hill state got 15 times its normal rainfall on Sunday owing to a depression settled over west MP and east Rajasthan

Quarrying for trouble

Controversy over Himachal limestone mining The subject of limestone mining in ecologically fragile Himachal Pradesh has become a political …

Afforestation project suspended as anti-poor

A scheme under which 75,000 families were to each get and maintain two ha of forest land has been put on hold following fears that it would …

Labour pains

Birla Textile Mill in Himachal Pradesh is yet to pay dues to 2,300 workers. The unit was 'shifted' from Delhi for causing pollution

Herb dealers

In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district is the Great Himalayan National Park. An eco-development project meant to benefit people of Tirthan and …

Apple orchardists in Himachal worry after unseasonal rain and snow kill Italian honeybees

Apple, stone fruit growers rent Italian bees from apiarists for pollination of their crops in April

Agriculture in the cold desert of Spiti Valley is difficult, but there are ways to make it easier

Shallow soil, labour intensity, geographical remoteness from major markets and a lack of quality planting materials are some critical issues

Himalayas on fire: Himachal’s tinder-dry forests, on its brown snowless hills, burn due to low moisture

Forest fire incidents have increased seven times this year; there have been 2,050 incidents in 3 months, data shows

Pong dam eco-sensitive zone: Awaiting rehabilitation for over 50 years, not consulted for policy decision, say locals

Union environment ministry has created a draft policy to declare region eco-sensitive zone

Simply Put: Sweeping away the mess