The wasted land

MARUBHUMI Amar Kanwar . an Intach Production . 52 min (Beta cam

BORN FREE

Nowhere a school

Jodhpur blues: How the Indira Gandhi Canal has robbed the desert citadel of its character

There is ample water in what was once a water scarce place; traditional water bodies, architecture, social habits have consequently gone for a toss

NO EXEMPTION

No veterinary drug given to Jodhpur hospital; just a case of wrong labelling, says company

Rajasthan government sets up committee to probe administration of injections from vials labelled 'for animal treatment'

Cattle herders in western Rajasthan suffer heavy losses due to Lumpy Skin Disease

Some 749 animals have died of the disease in Jodhpur division alone

Ministry refuses to learn from experience

The MNES has proposed the establishment of a solar thermal power plant near Jodhpur, even though such plants have proved commercially unviable in …

Green tribunal orders enquiry on Jodhpur industrial sludge

About 10,000 odd industries in and around the city are dumping waste in river tributary, alleges petition

Winter Capital: How Khichan, a village in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, came to host demoiselle cranes

Down To Earth’s photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the village of Khichan and its annual visitors

Drug debacle: Diclofenac was not the last threat for India’s vultures

Sixteen years after India banned the veterinary use of diclofenac to save its vultures, three other drugs revive the old challenge

Nipping malaria in the bud

Scientists from the Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur, have found that the Indian nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum) is fatal for three …

Mine by proxy

SC/ST, OBC groups swindled out of their mining leases

Rescuing the stepwells of Jodhpur

Growing worries

This new device will ensure that plants grown in the desert do not lack water

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 1, 2020)

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

New solar cooker can even cook dinner

NGT seeks action plan to ensure zero discharge from Jodhpur industries

National Green Tribunal has also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on each industry operating without consent of the state pollution control board

A 'fishy' death

Skinning of animal creates a stink

Change in rainfall patterns is behind regular floods in Rajasthan

Number of ‘heavy rain’ days have gone up in recent years, finds IMD analysis

Jodhpur patient dies of unidentified haemorrhagic fever in Delhi AIIMS

Health authorities of Gujarat and Rajasthan have been alerted about possible outbreak of Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever

Flood fury in Rajasthan again

Residents’ lives in this Jodhpur basti revolve around water

Only downhill houses have water connections, others walk for several kilometres or are forced to use plastic pipes, pumps 

Clean switch-over

Dead end for diesel buses

Polluting public transport vehicles sent packing as apex court refuses to extend green makeover deadline