TOXIC LEGACY

China

General Electric sued

South Korea

THE PHILIPPINES

Murray running dry

Too close for comfort

Heads roll

After a chemicals factory pollutes a river in China

First river link deal

Ken-Betwa link MoU signed

Alien waters, photography exhibition

Repair sewers or go to jail

Money talks

DTE Reportage: Bedevilled Barak

DTE reports on urban flooding, adaptation and rehabilitation efforts over a year after devastating floods in Assam’s Barak Valley

People must be told that Ganga water is even unfit for bathing: NGT

The court is of the opinion that common people should be informed about the impacts of polluted river water

Monsoon 2023: Tempers high in Karnataka’s Mandya as state releases Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu

Local farmers protest decision; poor monsoon in the state has already diminished river water levels  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2023)

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

From poor sewage management to overflowing rivers — Why is Punjab flooding so much? 

Latest reports suggest that as many as 1,480 people have been rescued from Ropar and 107 from Patiala

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 5, 2023)

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

Along the Naf: A million Rohingyas could be sitting ducks, with ‘Super Cyclone’ Mocha’s eye passing through their camps

Forget about preparation, many do not know even a cyclone is coming, say locals; India urged to provide regional leadership    

Kosi: How ‘Bihar’s sorrow’ moulds villages across her vast fan, year after year

People from the most influential castes and classes occupy the central and safest space in the village, while those from lower castes are …

The great Indian river question: Three Bills threatening federalism

Three river Bills, if enacted, can upset the balance of power between states and the Centre

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 22-27, 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 …

Water supplies dry up as Thailand reels under worst drought in decades

Delayed and short monsoon, abnormally high temperatures have exhausted major reservoirs, salt water intrusion is a growing concern

Mekong's water levels fall as new Laos dam begins operations

The water levels in Southeast Asia’s great river have fallen to their lowest in 100 years

Two gharials spotted in Kosi river in Bihar after half a century

A team of scientists found in Saharsa district an adult and a juvenile gharial, which they believe belong to the endangered resident population …