Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 20, 2023)
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 (May 16, 2019)
Dirty Ganga: Funds down the drain in UP
Contrary to government claims, efforts to clean up the drains flowing into the Ganga have not borne results
How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development
Collecting and exploiting waste water is both technically feasible and financially justifiable
How to reinvent the sanitation wheel
The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …
Proposed new standards on water quality a sheer waste
In absence of proper sewage treatment facilities, the new draft will not be able to ensure quality of both drinking and bathing water
Gutter will sparkle
Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 30, 2019)
Mired in sewage
Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 12, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2019)
Awareness is key to rejuvenating River Ganga: experts at 105th Indian Science Congress
Besides biodiversity conservation and a forestation programme in Ganga river basin, the experts recommended installation of 113 real-time online …
'78% of sewage generated in India remains untreated'
Analysis and reporting by Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth magazine reveal how Indian cities are disposing of excreta in an …
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
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
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2020)
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 15-22)
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)
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)