Testing time

Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management

Made to fail

Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …

Out of focus

The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …

Rebuilding cities

On two legs and a prayer

The right right

A watershed plan

Recurrent droughts and floods coupled with mass poverty, chronic unemployment and pervasive malnutrition are the major challenges before India. …

Repeal or amend CAF: tribal organisations

A petition by tribal organisations says the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act violates constitutional rights and affects livelihoods of …

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most

'Industry-politician nexus is trying to eliminate us'

Purushan Eloor is an environmental activist and research coordinator with Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithy (PMVS), which has been fighting …

Goa regional plan has public up in arms

Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

Getting more with less

System of crop intensification, specially in rice, has shown sizeable savings in water and seed usage. Yet its adoption has not spread despite …

The god of ecological things

Urban heat islands dot Delhi

Temperature hot spots found in seven of 11 weather stations in the national capital

Getting a city into shape

On two legs and a prayer

Walkers outnumber people using vehicles in every Indian city. But city plans have no space for pedestrians, nor do urban roads. Will town …

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused

Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones

Says will help in conservation efforts

Concerns over Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project

Central Water Commission overestimates the country's usable water resources

Sops for devil’s engines

Will future cities be friendly?

Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion

Job half done

25 per cent funds allocated to national rural employment scheme remain unspent