Relocating to resuscitate

A political gimmick

When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?

In dire straits

Faith in spate

Sabarimala bursting at the seams with devotees but environmental concerns ignored

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

No a los papelones a film on Argentine activists' fear over pulp mill

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 19, 2024)

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 (August 3, 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 (July 4, 2023)

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

Reviving Adi Ganga: Central funds, international project give hope

Adi Ganga was chosen from India as a part of a project to address pollution in South Asian rivers

Bengal green activist urges PM Modi to save country’s oldest botanical garden from Ganga erosion

The prime minister cleared Rs 2,550 crore to augment Ganga-bound sewage in Bengal; no funds to stop Ganga erosion  

Anandatheertha, the sage who lived for Kaveri, dies

Anandatheertha lived a life of intense commitment to the Kaveri. He died in landslide in Talakaveri on August 6

Immersion of monk’s body in Ganga attracts criticism

Virakta Maharaj, known as Shobhan Sarkaar among his devotees, often expressed wishes of having his body immersed in the Ganga

62 booked in Bhagalpur for idol immersion in violation of NGT directives

According to reports, idols have been immersed in the Ganga and its tributaries across Bihar from Durga Puja till Chhath

Deforestation, urbanisation, illegal mining, waste dumping leave Cauvery battered and bruised

Decades of degradation has led to an unprecedented crisis for the 15 million who live on the banks of the river. Down To Earth travels along the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 6, 2019)

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

The dark side of Sabarmati river development

Recent report flags high levels of pollutants entering the river, non-compliance of SC order

Two more Pune rivers set to get makeovers

Questions arise if this will only be a cosmetic makeover or one that will affect the rivers’ ecological system and services

Carry on with World Culture Festival but pay Rs 25 lakh first, says NGT

Green tribunal gives go-ahead to mega event on the condition that the initial payment is made by today evening

World Culture Festival to go ahead with reprimand and initial fine of Rs 5 crore

The NGT order said the permission given to the festival was vague, in excess of the powers vested in DDA and not in consonance with the previous …

NGT slams West Bengal’s Bakreshwar thermal plant for fly ash pollution

Residents from surrounding villages say the ash pond is filled above capacity, causing ash to flow into rivers

Ganga mission launches mobile app and site to collect data from public

The government had earlier launched an app to seek information on availability of toilets across the country

Rs 5 lakh fine for dumping debris on Yamuna bank

National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules the person who generates the debris as well as the one who dumps it will have to pay the fine

'Fight to save Aizawl's river in legends'

Rochamliana, general secretary of the Zoram Research Foundation which works on river restoration, talks on the urgent need to protect the Chite …

Pollution board under fire for negligence

Karnataka environmentalists have alleged that the state's pollution control board has not dealt firmly with highly polluting industries.