Gujarat bans plantation of Conocarpus trees citing environment, health hazard

The move came following years of campaigning by experts who pointed out that the plant is a water-guzzler, causes damage to human health

BMC ‘rebate for waste’ scheme should divert waste from Mumbai's landfills

The scheme of waste processing and segregation will help in reducing the risk potential from the landfills that are ticking time bombs

How we conducted a feasibility study of water bodies in Faridabad

One should take advantage of available digital interfaces or create one by uploading all data in a systematic way so that the knowledge is in the …

Addressing resource efficiency in construction sector: How Jaipur sets an example

Rising population, rapid urbanisation can lead to more than two-fold rise in material consumption by 2030; it is imperative, therefore, to …

Kolkata unveils biodiversity register: First among major Indian metros

Coordination, convergence, connect to corporate key to conserve biodiversity: NBA chairman  

Kolkata sewer deaths: Do not improve sewerage and water supply at the cost of sanitation workers

4 lives lost puts many on the dock including local officials as well as state government 

COP27: Kolkata presents climate action roadmap, announces city-level summit

Kolkata was the only Indian city at the meeting on urban climate resilience organised by the Climate Action Network South Asia

COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission

Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source

BMC’s 24X7 decentralised ‘war rooms’ helping stem COVID-19 cases in Mumbai

Down To Earth reports on the arrangements put in place by India’s richest civic body to help save lives  

Toxic ignorance: Most Indian cities way off segregating domestic hazardous waste

In absence of robust framework and infrastructure, segregation of domestic hazardous waste remains a distant dream for most Indian cities

Question mark on Vishwamitri’s crocodiles as Vadodara Municipal Corp rams their habitat

Vadodara’s municipal corporation started a ‘clean up’ drive July 10 but zoologists say the exercise could have destroyed prime …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)

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

Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?

CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)

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 12, 2023)

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 (September 4, 2020)

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

Wash and melt: Idol immersion in Bengal turns a green leaf

Manpower minimised, water used in the process recycled; environmentalists hail the model, but implementation under cloud

East Kolkata Wetlands: NGT warns officials for violating waste dumping norms

The National Green Tribunal directed scientific shifting of legacy waste accumulated in the wetlands for decades

COVID-19: How distant laws, uneven measures afflict sanitation workers

The pandemic has further aggravated the dichotomy of livelihood and safety of sanitation workers 

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 2020)

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

Simply Put: Renaming potholes

Municipal expenditure declined from 2012 to 2018: RBI report

Report finds mismatch between functions & finances of ULBs

Cleaning Patna’s air: Municipal corporation to replace diesel-run vehicles with CNG and electricity

Patna’s air quality index has become ‘very poor’ in recent years

Fears of a ‘COVID-19 apocalypse’ grow as Bengal votes in last phase

Experts urge identification, isolation and testing in areas reporting most cases

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades

Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh