The wasteland

Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report

Picture imperfect

Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore  

Cuddalore flouts rules

New industries set to increase pollution in the area

Extracting a cost

Sun, sea and garbage

Oil in the well

Jaypee powers ahead in Himachal

‘Company built power plant illegally; managed clearance’  

Bullets for water

During a chance visit to Weliweriya, Sugandh Juneja wonders what took the Sri Lankan government so long to heed people’s complaints against …

Protests at Bihar asbestos unit

Deaths, diseases, skin ailments are common, complain residents

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

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Chella Krishnamurthy, 57, murdered

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

Governance failure

How agencies meant to regulate mining conspired in the loot

On the shelf?

CPCB penalty to industries at Mahul, Ambapada pave way for polluter-pays principle

Report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board penalising the industries based on their quantum of pollution is a roadmap for better …

Shifting ground

After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

Serial polluter

Ankleshwar's groundwater high on heavy metals

Untreated effluents released in Mumbai rivers, industries flout norms: Report

The Ulhas and its tributary Waldhuni are among 53 of the most polluted rivers in Maharashtra

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams

Duplicity

Big numbers

The state is on a spree