With warm regrets
Global warming is causing glaciers on the Himalaya to melt into natural lakes. This threatens the lives of indigenous people and animals
Growth thirsty
Groundwater level is plunging in Dhaka. Experts call for making rainwater harvesting mandatory
Water-stressed in India: Experts unfazed over Bengaluru’s dismal JSA ranking
Bengaluru’s water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200th rank
Ironing out a problem?
Water in acid lakes formed after the abandonment of mining activities can now be treated with a technique that manipulates the properties of iron-…
Ghaziabad is ignoring its waterbodies despite court rulings
The Uttar Pradesh government has not submitted any action taken report on measures taken to restore waterbodies in the last seven months
Udaipur hotels face demolition
Rajasthan High Court orders action against 41 hotels encroaching on lakes and for violating court order
Waiting for a miracle
Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …
Saving city lakes
To counter the rapid decline of its lakes, Karnataka is creating a new authority with powers to fine and imprison encroachers and polluters. Will …
Forced destruction
Unless affordable technology is provided to the fisherfolk, the survival of Lake Victoria in Kenya will remain under threat
Chance of revival for Bengaluru’s dying lakes
Karnataka pollution control board initiates project to divert sewage that fall into city lakes
Why NGT’s calls on restoration of water bodies is need of the hour
National Green Tribunal’s 2019 order asking states to identify, protect and restore water bodies underlines the urgency to save them
Water from waste
With water scarcity gripping many parts of the country, people are talking about rainwater harvesting, but none about wastewater, which can also …
In Srinagar's footsteps?
Unplanned urbanisation is killing lakes that have saved Raipur from floods for over 1,000 years
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 22, 2020)
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 (July 31, 2020)
Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry
Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …
`I did not have a government for 36 hours'
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pleaded helplessness as the seat of his government went under water and his ministers and …
"We are not afraid to lay down more lives for our rights"
Chilika, Asia's largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of …