Rivers have always been a part of Punjabi and Sikh identity, memory

For 5,000 years, the five ‘torrents of water’ that flow through its plains, have fashioned Punjabi life and character

Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India

Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan  

Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: Study

The Satluj basin has total of 2026 glaciers of different sizes totaling 1426 sq. kilometers area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 19, 2023)

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

Kinnaur hydroelectric project: A setback for Himachal’s natural resources, culture

The proposed 804 mega watt Jangi Thopan Powari hydroelectricity project over the Satluj threatens life, livelihood and ecology in the basin 

Re-negotiate Indus Treaty with Pakistan in light of climate change: Standing Committee on Water Resources

The 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan did not take present-day issues like climate change into account, a new parliamentary …

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Indus Water Treaty: Has it prevented Jammu & Kashmir from using their own resources?

The people of the region blame the treaty for their underdevelopment

World Bank won't fund Luhri hydropower project in Himachal

Move to withdraw US $ 650 million follows inspection and review by USAID of environmental and social impacts of the project

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2020)

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

Warring over water

While issues like Cauvery water sharing and Indus Treaty figured prominently in 2016, other inter-state water conflicts could be on the anvil as …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 11, 2020)

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

Moon River: The Chenab, a symbol of lovers, today symbolises pain of partition & consumerism, says Surjit Patar

Down To Earth speaks to prominent Punjabi poet about the Chenab as the inauguration date of the bridge over it nears

WWF confirms the presence of gharials in Pakistan’s Punjab

Gharials may have been in Okara and Head Sulemanki nearly a year ago

Tree rings hold the key

They are natural archives of yearly waterflow pattern of rivers

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents