‘A generic policy for Kumbh Melas would be a real act of faith’

Experts say such a policy would be wiser than artificially propping up dead rivers for such events

Kumbh Mela 2019: What’s happening to all the waste?

Estimated amount of fecal matter produced during the Kumbh Mela is 18 times of what the district produces daily; how this waste will be treated …

The myth of a clean Kumbh

The NGT flagged poor solid waste management during the Kumbh Mela on the Ganga, which both the Centre and UP claimed to be 'swachh' or clean. But …

Prepare working plan on waste discharge into Ganga, Yamuna during Kumbh: Allahabad HC to UP government

Authorities are directed to ensure that the ban on single-use plastic is enforced effectively and plastic waste is not dumped in the Ganga or Yamuna

COVID-19 in India: an unfolding humanitarian crisis

The world needs all the vaccines it can get, so factors such as equity of distribution and public confidence have to be addressed to ensure that …

Faith and filth

A maha mess

From heavy traffic to insufficient water supply and extreme pollution, the Kumbh mela suffers from serious mismanagement

Pitcher of disquiet

It’s not just glory, Kumbh also deluges holy city with filth

Faith to filth: Thanks to Kumbh, Prayagraj sinks in solid waste

A city that celebrated the festival of faith months ago, is on the verge of an epidemic

Kumbh amid COVID-19: Protocol sinks as over 3 million take a dip

Down To Earth tracked developments from Haridwar as a sea of humanity bathed in the Ganga amid the second surge of COVID-19  

Kumbh amid COVID-19: Cases continue to pile, patients roaming in open

No ambulance to escort patients to isolation, cases of stampede being reported

PMO issues directives to reduce pollution load on Yamuna

Delhi government asked to ensure sewage and effluent treatment plants meet effluent quality norms

Kumbh karma

It took a trip to Harvard for the Uttar Pradesh top brass to realize that back home their house was not in order

Overflowing pitcher of disquiet

It is high time to start investing and investigating ecological cost of holding the Kumbh 

Children of a lesser god

Cry for Yamuna

Pilgrims' distress

Better infrastructure planning and upgrade needed for mega events like Kumbh to avert stampedes

A hole in the ground

Urinals and toilets built for pilgrims have little to do with sanitation

Kumbh is fine but why not clean the Ganga all the time?

'Govt can ensure proper flow if it desires, and thus ensure a clean river'

India prepares for Kumbh Mela, world’s largest religious gathering, amid COVID-19 fears

Over 5 million people are expected per day on the most auspicious days — April 12, 14 and 21 — for a total of a 100 million …

Kumbh amid COVID-19: 65-year-old monk dies even as 2,000 test positive in five days

After two ‘royal baths’ April 12 and 14, the last will take place April 27 at the Kumbh

Simply Put: Dip, dip, dip

Simply put: Fear of epidemic creeps in Allahabad after Kumbh

Kumbh amid COVID-19: 1.3 million bathe at Haridwar as COVID-19 cases spike

Officials at Kumbh Mela report decrease in number of pilgrims at second royal bath even as COVID-19 cases surge  

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (December 14-21)

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