Cash clogged

Will Delhi’s ambitious sewerage plan help clean the Yamuna?

When Vishnu sleeps

New plan, old problem

The proposed Sewerage Master Plan 2031 that promises to end Delhi's drainage troubles underestimates the wastewater volume of the city

COVID-19: Sewage study shows nearly 6 lakh infected in Hyderabad

Around 2 lakh people actively shedding viral materials, the study found

As told to Parliament: Assam, Bihar, Odisha get flood hazard atlases

All that was discussed in the Houses through the day

STPs in 3 Punjab towns lying defunct: NGT monitoring committee

Poor performance of sewage treatment plants due to delayed payment by municipal bodies, monitoring committee report to NGT  

Curse of excess

Once a parched city, Jodhpur is today facing a deluge

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2020)

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

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 15-22)

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

Doubts dog toilet-building campaign

Over half a billion, which is nearly half of the country’s population, defecate in the open

COVID-19: Hits & misses of Centre’s advisory on water supply, sanitation

A review of MoHUA April, 2020 advisory on safe management of water supply and sanitation 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)

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

Karnataka government seeks more time to clean Bellandur Lake

Officials say that one month is too short a period to finish cleaning as they need to redirect the waste currently being dumped in the lake

NGT scraps 2017 ministry note easing sewage treatment norms

The standards were diluted by the notification that permitted more pollutants than what was allowed under the 2015 CPCB draft

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)

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

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

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2019)

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

The town farmers built

Why excreta matters? Sunita Narain answers

After NGT asks for stringent norms for STPs — a new dilemma

Switching to new norms for all existing and upcoming sewage treatment plants (STPs) is going to be a mammoth task

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2019)

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

Urban shit: where does it all go?

India is staring at a big sanitation crisis and needs to reinvent its excreta disposal mechanism

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms