Climate-impacted Sagar island witnesses 10 million pilgrims take holy baths in Ganga Sagar

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands ‘national fair’ status; administration trying to reduce fair’s green footprint

Beware Hyderabad, a flood is in the making

Telangana repeals 1996 order, allows construction on 2 reservoirs that have saved Hyderabad from floods for over a century

Pollution crackdown

Going public

A unique experiment to involve the people in bringing water to desert communities is under way in Rajasthan.

Saving a lake

Madhya Pradesh’s newest Ramsar wetland covered in invasive water hyacinth, threatening biodiversity

No migratory birds visited Sankhya Sagar this winter; connecting lakes Jadhav Sagar and Madhav Sagar also covered in green layer

Amphan aftermath: Sundarbans villagers try to pick up pieces

Theft at relief centres, lack of toilets add to villagers’ woes five days after cyclone Amphan struck Bengal

Welcome to cyber city

Computers cannot prevent floods -- a lesson that the Internet-savvy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is learning the hard way

68 drowned

Pilgrims die as Indira Sagar releases water

Stagnation as a culture

WATER is for flowing. When made to stagnate, it buzzes deafeningly of a culture of deliberate ignorance. Look at the misfortune of the people of …

Seed prawn collection depletes fish schools in Sundarbans

Locals admit they catch seed prawns in large numbers and throw away bycatch

Science drowns at land's end

AP dam project under fire

Decision to start work on Indira Sagar dam opposed

Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study

The generation of hydropower from the top seven hydropower projects in India has suffered due to climate variability in the past six decades

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

Environmental clearance given to the project in 2005 is not applicable today, it contends

Simply Put: En route to Ganga Sagar Mela

Polavaram project: Andhra high court stays eviction, demolition in affected areas

At least 15 villages in two districts of the state have been demolished since 2016

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 3, 2023)

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

Urban lake: A reflection of its watershed

Critical to any lake ecosystem, the urban lake’s watershed is the surrounding land area that drains into that particular lake

COVID-19: Drizzle deters section of pilgrims but violations galore at Ganga Sagar Mela

“What can you do when a sea of people comes and overwhelms you,” say officials

Water from waste

With water scarcity gripping many parts of the country, people are talking about rainwater harvesting, but none about wastewater, which can also …

Dalits and Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh allege digital land records fudged; no longer landowners

Records show influential locals now owners; no action from administration yet

Weather Alert: Possible cyclone over West Bengal, Odisha

Deep depression over Bay of Bengal unusually positioned; Storm expected to weaken by Aug 20

India’s old dams: Gandhi Sagar in MP needs immediate repair, says CAG report

A breach in the dam could affect millions of lives and damage property

Project Cheetah: Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary to be new home for African felines

Relocation to be undertaken in accordance with the Cheetah Action Plan, according to officials