Arthur Cotton's offsprings

Civil engineers love river-linking, and hate all who question it

Mixed tidings

For river linking scheme

Abolished

Task force on river interlinking

British river turns surrogate Ganga

How the planet pays for fashion

The production of a kilogram of cotton takes up around 10,000 litre to 20,000 litre of water

Reservoirs storage low as India enters second monsoon month

India ended June with water storage level in 101 of its 143 reservoirs at 40% or less

Narmada has been killed in Gujarat, say activists

Members of Vadodara-based non-profit say the river downstream of Sardar Sarovar is now seasonal and carries only seawater and sewage

Centre forms committee to look into Isha Foundation’s recommendations on river rejuvenation

The committee will look into the Isha Foundation’s Revitalization of Rivers in India – Draft Policy Recommendation

What Namami Gange has achieved in one year

This animation explains whether the new government's ambitious scheme to clean the Ganga has brought any results

Spirited ruin of a village

Effluents from a liquor factory in Banka district spell doom for many villages around the unit and also pollute the Ganga.

Working to cleanse the Ganga

Several government and voluntary agencies are involved in the onerous task of cleaning up the country's best-known river.

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 10, 2023)

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

Choking Mahananda: How Siliguri’s waste, water crisis is turning on its people

Rapid urbanisation, inefficient waste management and encroachment have turned the Mahananda into a drain. And farmers are losing livelihoods

Ganga and the death of its crusader

Read Down To Earth’s upcoming issue for a detailed analysis of the current state of the Ganga

Another atmospheric river storm is battering California

Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26

Polluted rivers pose risk to human health in three continents

Water pollution level has increased in Asia, Africa and Latin America, putting aquatic flora and fauna under extinction threat

Tale of transboundary river conflict: Understanding Kalasa-Banduri dam project

Goa and Karnataka are dependent on each other for their water needs. For the last few years, however, the states have been in a logjam over the …

MoEF panel says no to Kameng hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh

Proposed project site too close to Pakke Tiger Reserve and Nameri National Park, say appraisal committee experts

How DNA analysis of our rivers and lakes can reveal new secrets about their biodiversity

The bulk of current freshwater biodiversity monitoring focuses on a relatively narrow group of animals 

Book Excerpt: An ancient legend explains why the Chambal is India’s cleanest river

King Rantideva performed a sacrifice in which thousands of animals were slaughtered and their blood turned the river red, making it ‘unclean&…

Series of ash barges sinking raises concerns on Sundarbans ecology

Seeping fuel oil and fly ash could harm aquatic flora and fauna in the area, they warn

40 gharials released in Ghaghara river amid lockdown

About 250 gharials have been released in the river since 2014

Simply put: Arunachal's pristine river Kameng turns into a dumpyard

Managing lakes

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Immersing toxics