Andhra holds public hearing on Vedanta gas project amid surging COVID-19 graph

The hearing was scheduled for December 17, 2020 but was cancelled after people resisted

1 in 5 murders due to property, land or water: UN Global Homicide Report 2023

While India boasts almost 18 per cent of the world’s population, it has access to only four per cent of the global water resources, making …

Parliamentary Digest (August 1, 2022): India marks reduction in groundwater extraction

All that was discussed in the House through the day

All about Alamatti

The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters

Telengana's water grouse

Regional disparity in allocation of Krishna water in Andhra Pradesh is both because of politics and topography, finds Bharat Lal Seth

Men as the wind beneath our wings

From Mahabharata hero Bhima to Nobel Laureate Tagore, from Infosys founder Narayana Murthy to Bhagwad Gita’s Krishna, we bring to you …

River Krishna: all used up

But the Maharashtra government still wants to divert 'surplus' water to dry areas

Good food: Enjoy nutritious ‘Annakut ki sabji’ this festive season

The medley of vegetables prepared on Govardhan Puja, is an example of how festival food in India always had inbuilt systems to protect and …

World Bank pulls out of Amaravati construction project

The Bank, which was to lend $300 million to the project has said it will no longer be involved, given the project’s non-compliance of its …

Andhra Pradesh chief minister links Krishna, Godavari rivers

Around 80 TMCs of Godavari water were released into the Krishna for diversion to the drought-prone areas of the Rayalseema region

AES fear grips Bihar ahead of scorching summers

At least three children have reportedly died of the disease this year  

Interstate disputes over Krishna waters

Do we have alternatives to tribunals for settling water sharing disputes?

Considering the ineffectiveness of tribunals, there is a need to look for community-based approaches to resolve such disputes effectively, …

Maharashtra sugarcane farmers taught green skills

The Mukti Sangharsh Movement is teaching farmers in Maharashtra's sugar belt scientific methods of moving from single-crop, fertiliser-intensive …

Old Father Time: As another year rolls by, some poems on moments in Time by eminent poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

We hope these poems can provide our readers with something to reflect on as they bid adieu to 2023 and get set to welcome 2024

Andhra to challenge Krishna tribunal award in Supreme Court

Final award on sharing Krishna waters takes away most of the surplus water given to the state by earlier tribunal

How the Centre’s water management boards can spell doom for Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

The Centre has usurped all the powers of the states over irrigation projects and imposed all the liabilities on them, experts say

Brajbhoomi and its ‘divine’ kunds

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 19, 2024)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 21, 2020)

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

Day after toddler’s death, AES fears keep Bihar doctors on toes

At least 2 more children show symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, are undergoing treatment at government-run hospital in Muzaffarpur

Urban flooding: The case of drowning cities and rising vulnerability

Overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, no regard to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all make urban floods a …

Indian rivers crossed highest flood level 25 times in August 2019

This caused extreme floods in many states, according to Central Water Commission data

River politics: Krishna changes course

Dam of defiance

The Chikkapaclasolagi barrage, on the River Krishna in Karnataka, is said to be the country's first "people's dam". But having built …