A river’s worthy son

Veerbhadra Mishra dedicated his spiritual quest and scientific calling to cleaning the Ganga

Foul waters

Discharge of untreated industrial effluents and domestic sewage has severely polluted 34 river basins in Tamil Nadu

Coliform will count

POSCO to get water from Mahanadi

People protest Odisha government's decision to allocate water from the Mahanadi and Hansua rivers, saying it will turn large tracts of farms …

Discontent

This is a story about the environmental clearance mechanism in India. Arguably legally strong, it fails in implementation. The project proponent …

Why do floods & droughts simultaneously ravage India? Expert offers explanation, solutions

The primary reason for the floods is the insufficient number of waterbodies

Water levels critically low in India’s reservoirs, river basins due to absence of pre-monsoon rain in areas

Odisha had highest departure from normal storage

As told to Parliament (February 11, 2021): No ban on petrol, diesel cars in near future

All that was discussed in the House through the day

27 people die in floods in Odisha as rivers flow above danger level

Killer hospitals

Rivers at risk

Securing water for people does not have to be at the cost of biodiversity

Nigeria’s sacred Osun River supports millions of people — but pollution is making it unsafe

The river has immense environmental value and is crucial for livelihoods of local residents 

Some 3.8 million people will need humanitarian aid in Niger in 2021: Unicef

The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in the country rose 30% from 2020, the UN body said

Bihar government bans sand mining near river bridges

Move to check illegal sand mining that is destroying foundations of bridges, disturbing water flow of rivers

COVID-19 shouldn’t deter developed countries from Paris Agreement pledges: Bangladesh minister

Cooperation between India and Bangladesh on Sundarbans will lead to win-win situation, says Hasan Mahmud 

Rainfall trends decline sharply across regions in Karnataka

Madikeri taluka, where the Cauvery river originates, witnesses a decline of 10 mm rainfall per year

How bushfires and rain turned our waterways into ‘cake mix’, and what we can do about it

Tonnes of ash, sediment and debris were washed into creeks and the Murray River. Steep terrain within burnt regions of the upper Murray catchment …

Can India manage its precious waters

Even as water levels in river basins across the country diminish, the gap between water demand and supply is gradually widening. India faces a …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 28, 2020)

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

Clean Ganga programme gets Rs 20,000-crore budget for five years

Initiatives to clean the river will include rehabilitation of existing sewage treatment plants

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 25-29)

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

Agreement likely between Brazil and mining company over dam collapse

A tailings dam had collapsed in November 2015 that killed 16 people and polluted nearby areas

Non-maintenance has greatly compromised Farakka barrage: CAG

Almost all gates of barrage in precarious condition and ready to collapse; disaster may strike any time, says country’s chief auditor

Show cause notices to 11 Nashik factories for polluting Godavari

The plastic and food processing factories don’t have proper effluent treatment system

Dye-maker accused of dumping acidic effluents

Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and …