Securing water for Delhi: Looking beyond the numbers game
MPD 2041 proposes several measures but lacks specificity in prioritisation and actionable strategies
Are Indian megacities forgetting their rainwater endowment?
Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi mandated rainwater harvesting but are struggling for over a decade to implement the impactful structures on ground
Can poor urban planning be held responsible for emergence of congested and unplanned urbanisation?
Formal urban planning must not be reduced to a mere water utilities sectoral planning and forecasting approach
Ghazipur landfill in Delhi catches fire again. But why?
Watch this video to understand the reasons behind this fire and the situation on the ground
Restrain parking demand for clean air
Pull the parking levers and make the vehicle users pay the right price to restrain insatiable demand for parking and to control congestion and …
Simply Put: Ghazipur landfill fire
After fire outbreaks, Ghazipur landfill has a new concern — research finds its layers are heating up
These elevated temperatures in dumpsite can alter gas composition, worsen odours and leachate seeps
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Karnataka High Court stays Centre’s circular on banning 23 ‘ferocious’ dog breeds
The circular will be only stayed in the State of Karnataka, the single judge bench said
India was third-most polluted country globally in 2023, right behind top-ranking Bangladesh and Pakistan
Begusarai in Bihar most polluted city in world, New Delhi the most polluted capital; Africa continues to be most underrepresented continent
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 12, 2024)
Delhi, controlling air pollution is in your own hands
The cause of Delhi's severe air pollution is primarily due to geographical and local factors
Delhi riots 2020: How government healthcare failed
Public government misled patients; didn't record, report injuries correctly: Activists
Simply Put: Missing the bus
Diwali 2021: Firecrackers, stubble burning, weather can trigger air emergency in Delhi-NCR
Air quality has started to deteriorate across Delhi and its satellite towns
Simply Put: Delhi Smog 2023
Simply Put: Delhi chokes 2023
Simply Put: The Green Curtain
Simply Put: G20 Summit
Delhiites breathe in PM2.5 almost 30 times WHO safe limits
About 25% of PM2.5 on November 2 could be from farm stubble burning
Apolcaypse now: Toxic air shrouds Delhi
Delhiites breathed the season’s worst PM2.5 on the morning of November 3, 2019
Take a deep breath – here's what 2016 revealed about deadly dangers of air pollution
Will the evidence finally convince polluted cities to clean up their act?
No half measures: Tough solutions for tough problems
CSE recommends priority actions to tackle air pollution in Delhi
Delhi air quality witnesses relief from pollution after rain, strong wind
Weather forecast for next few days is not favourable for retaining today’s gains
Air pollution levels go down after rain: No odd-even scheme in Delhi for now
Supreme Court had termed the scheme as optics