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 …

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

Going public

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

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

Telangana approaches Supreme Court to stop work on Polavaram

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

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

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 …

Weather Alert: Possible cyclone over West Bengal, Odisha

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

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

Dry cleaning Hussainsagar

Telangana plans to first empty Hyderabad's great lake and then refill it with rainwater. Experts say it is nothing but a harebrained plan

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees

They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level

Supreme Court clears way for Maharashtra’s Babli irrigation project

Rejects Andhra's plea to demolish barrage; sets up a panel to ensure equitable utilisation of Godavari waters

Polavaram project: Police demolish houses in Angaluru village of Andhra Pradesh

To protest the move, nine tribal youth made a self-immolation bid; another woman suffered a heart attack

Tribunal orders removal of Kishore Sagar lake encroachments in five days

District collector failed to act in spite of earlier directive of the National Green Tribunal on the lake which is one of the few sources of …

Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

2 days after Amphan landfall, Sagar island still left in the lurch

Local administration in the island struggle with limited resources in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan

Narmada authority slammed for shoddy canal work, ordered to compensate farmers for losses

Madhya Pradesh High Court says farmers impacted by incomplete canal works of Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams should be compensated according to …

Police seize 4,000 tonnes of sand mined from gharial sanctuary

There have been four attacks by the sand mafia on State Armed Forces' jawans protecting the Chambal river banks in the last three months, says …

NHRC raps Centre, Madhya Pradesh for insensitivity towards dam oustees

People affected by Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams had staged jal satyagraha to demand rehabilitation rights