COVID-19, summer season, a double blow for water issues in Odisha’s Jajpur

Villagers of the district’s Sukinda block forced to use water from contaminated sources

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Divide and dump waste

Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon

It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …

Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?

The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

IN COURT

Radioactive waste in Congolese river

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Pollution threatens Taj Mahal

Despite crores being spent on its upkeep, air and water pollution continue to threaten the Taj Mahal

EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC

The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce 

Draft EIA 2020: How it may impact North East

The region, with eight per cent of India’s total geographical area, has 25 per cent of India’s forest cover

Environmental Impact Assessment: Why the govt needs to re-think its latest draft

The current EIA draft has severely diluted environmental protection, adding to the degradation of the environment; it can become an …

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The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …

Tensions that continue

While launching this newsmagazine, our founder-editor Anil Agarwal had said that in the years ahead, India will have to seize every possible …