Accreditation scheme on hold

Karnataka High Court stays accreditation of consultants who assess environmental impact

Drought monitoring: Untapped data

Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture

Nitrates in Karnataka wells

In Short

Centre identifies 62 new elephant corridors; total now 150

East central region has the most corridors at 52; among states, West Bengal tops list at 26 corridors

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 10, 2022)

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

MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags 

The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …

Labour scarcity makes coffee plantation ecosystem in Western Ghats fragile: Study

Rising labour costs, urbanisation and increased use of pesticides point to a growing conservation concern in the Ghats

How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood

Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge 

EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7

A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

Man v elephant

Supreme Court may lift ban on 63 category B mines in Bellary

Sets condition of compensatory payment to resume operations

In distress

Hair pollution hits Karnataka

South India records its lowest June rainfall in 122 years

Interactions between Cyclone Biparjoy, Typhoon Mawar, Bay of Bengal winds and the blocking of the monsoon trough for a couple of weeks likely to …

Cyclone Nivar storm, rain may hit agriculture across south India

The cyclone’s approach has slowed, meaning it might travel much further inland causing destruction with winds and rain

Peripheral ring road project: Karnataka HC bars action on virtual hearing

HC issues notices to state authority; asks whether virtual hearings were sufficient and valid under procedure established under EIA, 2006 

Every 4th suicide in 2019 by daily wage earners: NCRB

National Crime Records Bureau report shows 2/3 of those who died by suicides earned less than Rs 278 a day

Bihar policeman arrested for allegedly poaching blackbuck, chopping off horns

Blackbucks are found in abundance in Bihar’s Rohtas, Buxar, Kaimur and Bhojpur districts

Warring over water

While issues like Cauvery water sharing and Indus Treaty figured prominently in 2016, other inter-state water conflicts could be on the anvil as …

The poorest shun MGNREGA

Participation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes in the scheme has halved in five years

Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve

Karnataka High Court had banned traffic in the area from 9 pm to 6 am following deaths of tigers and elephants in vehicular accidents

THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE

Tiny forgotten villages teach India a firsthand lesson in governance. Down To Earth reporters and photographers fan out to six states to discover …

Movement for worse

The marginalised from Western Odisha who migrate out of the state lead difficult lives

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 19, 2022)

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

Telangana COVID-19 vaccine recipient dies; govt says no link to immunisation

All three deaths following immunisation in India attributed to heart attack with no disease history